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sea bean Canavalia cathartica Family Fabaceae updated Jan 2013 Where seen? This climber with large lilac flowers and dark green leaves is sometimes seen on our wild coastal areas. According to Hsuan Keng, it was common on our sandy shores. It was previously known as Canavalia turgida, C. obtusifolia. Features: A twinning climber. Compound leaf made up of three leaflets eye-shaped (4-9cm) thin. Flowers (2-2.5cm) rose-pink to dark purple. Several flowers on a long stalk. Fruits are oval pods (3-5cm long) with 3 keels pointed tip, flat green ripening brown with several beans, black oval and poisonous. According to Butterfly Circle, this plant is one of the host plants for the caterpillar of the Common Sailor (Neptis hylas papaja). |
 Pulau Ubin, Jan 09 |
 Pulau Ubin, Jan 09 |
 Pasir Ris Park, Jan 10 |
 Pasir Ris Park, Oct 09 |
| Poisonous sea bean on Singapore shores |
| Photos of Poisonous sea bean for free download from wildsingapore flickr |
| Distribution in Singapore on this wildsingapore flickr map |
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