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Canavalia pubescens

Hook. & Arn. (1832)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Canavalia

‘āwikiwiki [awikiwiki], paunu (Ni‘ihau via St. John), puakauhi

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Perennial climbers, branches twining.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves compound. Alternate. Leaflets broadly elliptic to suborbicular, broadly elliptic–ovate, or sometimes broadly elliptic–obovate, 2.3–8(–10.2) cm long, 1.8–5(–7.6) cm wide. Apex rounded to short-acuminate or mucronate. Base broadly cuneate to rounded. Upper surfaces moderately appressed pubescent, sometimes sparsely so or the hairs mostly restricted to the nerves, or glabrate; lower surfaces densely appressed pubescent; leaflets subcoriaceous. Leaflet margins entire. Petiolate. Stipules present, small, caducous. Leaflet stipels minute.

Flowers: Flowers usually 8–20 in axillary pseudoracemes 3–5 cm long. Flowers papilionaceous; bracteoles present, caducous. Calyx 18–25 mm long, densely appressed pubescent, the upper edge shallowly concave, upper lip 10–14 mm long, the 2 lobes connate except in the distal 3–6 mm, lowest lobe broadly lanceolate, 4–6 mm long. Calyx bilabiate, 5-lobed, the upper lip large and with 2 lobes connate along the upper margin, the lower lip trifid. Corolla dark red to pink, rarely white(?), standard 30–36 mm long, with a white spot and streaks toward base, wing petals 30–40 mm long, keel petals 35–45 mm long. Stamens 10; upper stamen distinct at base, loosely adhering to the other 9 up to middle, the other 9 connate into a tube. Ovary superior, stipitate; ovules 5–20; style incurved, glabrous; stigma small, terminal.

Fruit: Pods compressed; 12–18 cm long; 2.5–3.2 cm wide; appressed pubescent; less so in old pods; each valve with a longitudinal sutural ridge and an additional longitudinal ridge 0.5–2 mm below the upper suture. Seeds brown to dark reddish brown; oblong–elliptic; strongly compressed; 15–19 mm long; 10–13 mm wide; the hilum 7–9(–11) mm long. Seeds transversely arranged; ellipsoid; hilum elongated; oblong; with a small; papery; persistent rim–aril.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Presently uncommon in open dry sites such as lava fields; <i>kiawe</i> thickets; and dry forest.

Elevation Range: 15–540 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Ni'ihau(Incl. Lehua) Endemic
Kaua'i Endemic
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Lana'i Endemic
Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • 15-540 m
  • Description digitized by McKenna Bonn-Savage
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii
  • uncommon

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bot. Beechey Voy.: 81 (1832)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:654 (Ni, K, L, EM); Thomas, Magnacca, et al. 2025:241 (remove Ni, K [re-IDed as C. napaliensis])

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Flowers pink. Munro, G.C. 98 Lanai BISH 1913-11-12
2 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8212 Lanai BISH 1910-07-01
3 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 20 Lanai BISH 1927-05-27
4 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1884 Maui BISH 1920-03-07
5 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Medeiros, A.C. 547 Maui BISH 1983-10-02
6 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 233 Lanai BISH 1913-11-12
7 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 558 Lanai BISH 1927-01-01
8 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8212 Lanai BISH 1910-07-01
9 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 5574 Lanai BISH 1927-01-01
10 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Oahu BISH 1916-01-01
11 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 358 Lanai BISH
12 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Oahu BISH 1916-01-01
13 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details 4-5 plants rambling over rocks in intense sunlight on both sides of gulch near shore. Forming 3 m wide tangles. Preserved_Specimen Leaflets undulate, erect; corolla pale claret; filaments white; anthers yellow. Degener, O. 24261 Lanai BISH 1957-08-11
14 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Upland open country. Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. Lanai BISH 1921-01-01
15 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Edge of dry forest Preserved_Specimen Fls. pink Degener, O. 24258 Lanai BISH 1957-08-09
16 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 558 Lanai BISH 1927-01-01
17 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 2005 Maui BISH 1984-03-03
18 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 4 Lanai BISH 1927-05-28
19 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Medeiros, A.C. 547 Maui BISH 1983-10-02
20 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Oahu BISH 1916-01-01
21 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 5572 BISH
22 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen BISH
23 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Arid, boulder strewn, Sida-Jacquemontia-pili-nehe slope. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 30161 Lanai BISH 1964-01-09
24 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing in lava. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 1899 Maui BISH 1984-01-13
25 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Climbing over Dodonaea bushes, thick intertwining. Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2122 Maui BISH 1920-03-28
26 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Long vine forming thicket on basalt ledge. Preserved_Specimen Long vine (5-10m). Flowers madder, pod black. St.John, H. 23637 Niihau BISH 1949-04-01
27 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Silvery tomentose climber on Lanatana & Leucaena. Preserved_Specimen Silvery tomentose climber. Nagata, K.M. 1939 Maui BISH 1979-06-07
28 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Grey-green vine covering an area of ca. 20 ft. across. Leaflets upright in full sun, flat when growing in shade. Preserved_Specimen Leaflets upright in full sun, flat when growing in the shade. Corolla crimson, purple in bud. Seed pods ca. 7 in long. Flynn, T.W. 218 Lanai BISH 1982-05-28
29 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing in lava. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 1899 Maui BISH 1984-01-13
30 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details `A`a lava waste Preserved_Specimen Seeds smaller than of No. 19323 Degener, O. 19324 Maui BISH 1948-12-23
31 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On both sides of steep narrow gulch in area burned in 2007. Vegetation: diospyros, Pleomele, Bocconia, Melinis, Ipomoea, Lantana. Preserved_Specimen Several vines to 5 m+ long. Flowers purple. Oppenheimer, H.L. 71205 Maui BISH 2012-07-25
32 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details A vine climbing over low shrubbery in full sun. Preserved_Specimen The keel and the sings are a mixture of dark pink, purple, and magenta. The standard is maroon with a blackish cast except for white striations extending out from base. Flowers odorless ( morning). Lau, J. 1682 Oahu BISH 1985-11-27
33 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On lava ridge. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 1283 Maui BISH 1982-02-28
34 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Edge of dry forest Preserved_Specimen Fls. pink Degener, O. 24258 Lanai BISH 1957-08-09
35 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Among sun-scorched lava blocks above ocean. Preserved_Specimen Leaflets folded against each other & held erect. Degener, O. 28630 Lanai BISH 1963-07-20
36 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Grey-green vine covering an area of ca. 20 ft. across. Leaflets upright in full sun, flat when growing in shade. Preserved_Specimen Corolla crimson, purple in bud. Seed pods ca. 7 in long. Leaflets upright in full sun, flat when growing in the shade. Flynn, T.W. 218 Lanai BISH 1982-05-28
37 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Upland open country. Preserved_Specimen Flowers white. Munro, G.C. 102 Lanai BISH 1914-11-07
38 Canavalia pubescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details `A`a lava waste Preserved_Specimen Seeds smaller than of No. 19323. Petals dark red approaching purple. Degener, O. 19324 Maui BISH 1948-12-23
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