Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
Canavalia ensiformis, Canavalia gladiata
Family: Fabaceae (pea family)
Genus: Canavalia
Botanical name: Canavalia ensiformis, canavalia gladiata
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES Sanskrit: Mahasimbi, Asisimbi
Hindi: Khadsampal, Badi sem
English: Sword Bean, Jack bean, Scimitar bean, Jamaican horse bean
Malayalam: Val payarar, Vaal payarar, Vattukatipayar
Genus: Canavalia
Botanical name: Canavalia ensiformis, canavalia gladiata
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES Sanskrit: Mahasimbi, Asisimbi
Hindi: Khadsampal, Badi sem
English: Sword Bean, Jack bean, Scimitar bean, Jamaican horse bean
Malayalam: Val payarar, Vaal payarar, Vattukatipayar
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Sword Bean is a twining, nearly erect annual herb, growing to 6 ft. Flowers are pink and white, 2.5-4 cm across. The bean is eaten in many parts of India. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental with very attractive pink-white pea-like flowers. Flowering: April-October.
Traditional medicinal uses of Sword Bean include the treatments of vomiting, abdominal dropsy, kidney- related lumbago, asthma, obesity, stomach-ache, dysentery, coughs, headache, intercostal neuralgia, epilepsy, schizophrenia, inflammatory diseases and swelling.