ensiformis

Jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis) is an incredibly drought-resistant, shade-tolerant, hardy legume that grows well in extremely poor, droughty soils (and apparently less well in fairly fertile soils).

6: Soil health and plant nutrition 1996

Dr. Keith Andrews at Zamorano in Honduras told us of a technique using freshly cut leaves of jack bean Canavalia ensiformis.

8: Plant protection and pest control 1996

I can tell by letters that some of you are excited at the human food potential of the large seeds from the high-yielding jack beans (Canavalia ensiformis) that we sent.

11: Human health care 1996

Mammals are considered to be more tolerant of canavanine than are birds and the productive potential of C. ensiformis could be utilized to feed pigs, provided that the meal is subjected to heat treatment to deactivate the lectins that are also present in the beans (D'Mello, 1992).

Chapter 4 1994

The canavanine levels of beans of six cultivars of C. ensiformis ranged from

Chapter 4 1994

Canavalia ensiformis (jackbean, habas) drought-tolerant

Chapter 4 1993

(Cajanus cajan), jackbeans (Canavalia ensiformis) as non-climbing, and winged beans (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) and sword bean (Canavalia gladiata) as climbing species.

1. Green manure crops in irrigated and rainfed lowland rice-based cropping systems in south Asia. 1992

Hibiscus sabdariffa horse bean, Canavalia ensiformis hot pepper (chili).

14. Saving seeds for planting 1991

Indian spinach, Basella alba jack bean, Canavalia ensiformis jack fruit (jak fruit), Artocarpus heterophyllus jaltomata, Jaltomata procumbens

14. Saving seeds for planting 1991

South American plant, Canavalia ensiformis, in America called the "jack bean", and the crystals had an activity that was about 700 times as great as that of bean flour.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946 - Presentation Speech 1964