Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Canavalia rosea
haba poroto de playa, haba de bahía, beach bean, seaside bean, coastal jackbean
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Canavalia
Species
rosea
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Canavalia maritima (Aubl.) Thouars; C. obtusifolia (Lam.) DC., fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1974
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Adsersen, H. (1989) The Rare Plants of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador and their Conservation. Biol. Conservation 47(1): 49-77.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Sauer, J. (1964) Revision of Canavalia. Brittonia 16(2): 106–181.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
- Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
- Itow, S. (1997) List of Plant Specimens collected in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bulletin of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Nagasaki University, Natural Science, 38 (1): 53-144.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Canavalia rosea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14386. Accessed 5 May 2025.