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Scientific Name | Canavalia africana Dunn |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Canavalia ferruginea Piper, Canavalia virosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn., Dolichos virosus Roxb. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2023/08/18 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | A widespread species with an extent of occurrence of 253 701 km², it is not in danger of extinction and is listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | A species found in the eastern parts of South Africa in the Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces. It also occurs in tropical Africa to Saudi Arabia, Socotra and India. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | It grows on sandy soil on riverbanks, along evergreen and riverine forest margins or Miombo woodland, often in secondary or disturbed places, and next to streams in river forests. |
Threats |
| Two subpopulations are threatened by competition from invasive alien species (Matatiele and Mzinto). The Mzinto subpopulation is additionally threatened by habitat degradation due to too frequent fires and habitat loss due to agricultural crops. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Canavalia virosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Piper, C.V. and Dunn, S.T. 1922. A Revision of Canavalia. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information 4:129-145.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. 2023. Canavalia africana Dunn. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/12/06 |
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