Family: Fabaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Vine
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
Bermuda, the West Indies, southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old World tropics.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
Comments:
For more images from Eleuthera, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.
Synonyms:
Canavali gladiata [orth. var.] of Britton & Millspaugh (1920), not DC;
Canavali lineata [orth. var.] of Britton & Millspaugh (1920), not DC.