Canavalia ensiformis
Canavalia ensiformis
Safety & Hazards
The mature seeds contain toxic alkaloids. These can be destroyed by thoroughly boiling the seeds twice in salt water[ 300 Title Vegetables in the Tropics Publication Author Tindall. H. D. Publisher MacMillan, Oxford. Year 1983 ISBN 0-333-24268-8 Description An excellent, in-depth look at the main vegetable crops that can be grown in the Tropics, plus many less well-known plants. ]. Toxicity may occur in cattle grazing jack bean aftermath and consuming too much seed meal[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ].
Botanical Description
Jack bean is an annual to short-lived perennial plant that can be bushy or climbing in habit[ 426 Title Flowering Plants of Jamaica Publication Author Adams. C.D. Publisher University of the West Indies; Jamaica. Year 1972 ISBN Description A terse treatment of the flowering plants of Jamaica, with a botanical description of each plant, notes on habitat etc. ]. It usually grows 50 - 200cm tall but can become up to 10 metres long when climbing, its stems supporting themselves by twining around other plants[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. The plant has a long history of cultivation, with records showing the crop has been grown in Mexico since around 3,000 BC. It is often grown in tropical and some subtropical and temperate areas, usually as an annual crop and mainly in Japan and southeast Asia, for its edible seeds and seedpods, and also as a cover crop[ 300 Title Vegetables in the Tropics Publication Author Tindall. H. D. Publisher MacMillan, Oxford. Year 1983 ISBN 0-333-24268-8 Description An excellent, in-depth look at the main vegetable crops that can be grown in the Tropics, plus many less well-known plants. , 426 Title Flowering Plants of Jamaica Publication Author Adams. C.D. Publisher University of the West Indies; Jamaica. Year 1972 ISBN Description A terse treatment of the flowering plants of Jamaica, with a botanical description of each plant, notes on habitat etc. ].