Canavalia villosa
Benth.
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Description
A tropical herbaceous plant in the legume family (Fabaceae) with edible flowers.
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Edible Uses
The flowers are eaten.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Central America, Mexico, North America,
Notes
There are about 50 Canavalia species.
Also Known As
Choncho, Gallo, Koxol wits
References (3)
- Casas, A., et al, 1996, Plant Management Among the Nahua and the Mixtec in the Balsas River Basin, Mexico: An Ethnobotanical Approach to the Study of Plant Domestication. Human Ecology, Vol. 24, No. 4 pp. 455-478
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 173
- Piedra-Malagón, E. M., et al, 2022, Edible native plants of the Gulf of Mexico Province. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e80565 p 21
