A genus of legume plants native to warm regions, including the sword bean and other nutritious varieties used in agriculture.
From Canavalia, a scientific Latin genus name, possibly from a Tupi or South American indigenous language word for the plant adapted into Linnaean nomenclature.
Scientists naming tropical plants often borrowed indigenous words—canavali beans are full of protein and grown worldwide, but most people never learn the plant name that came from indigenous knowledge!
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