Sword Bean

Sword Bean

Scientific name: Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC

English name: Sword Bean

Local name: ‘Makhan Shim’

 

 

 

 

Taxonomic position According to Cronquist (1981)

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabacaeae
Genus: Canavalia
Species: C. gladiata

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Economic Importance

Used as vegetable