Canavalia cathartica Main specimen

Fabaceae

{ Description | Flower }

The flowers of Canavalia cathartica are pink, in 10 to 20 cm long axillary racemes.
The peduncle is about 15 cm long and the pedicel of each flower is 3-4 mm long. Both are sparsely hairy.
The flower is 2.5 cm across. The calyx-tube is 1.3-1.5 cm long and 0.5-0.8 cm wide. This tube is 2-lipped : the upper is 2-lobbed (5 mm long) and the lower is 3-dentate (1-2 mm long). The corolla is pink and lilac-coloured. It is composed of a 2x2.5 cm reflex standard, 2 narrow wings (2 cm long and 0.6 cm wide) and 2 incurved keels (2.5 cm long and 0.7 cm wide).
The staminal shealth is 2.5 cm long with 6-8 filaments (0.6-0.7 mm long) and 2 mm long anthers.
The style is curved and about 2.5 cm long and the ovary is about 0.5 cm across with many ovules.
The flowers are fragrant.