Canavalia ensiformis
(L.) DC. · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Canavalia ensiformis's data was compiled from.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility529 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotypeEvery layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Canavalia ensiformis est une espèce de plantes à fleurs appartenant de la famille des Fabaceae. C'est une liane d'origine néotropicale utilisée pour la nutrition humaine, comme fourrage pour les animaux, en particulier au Brésil, et en tant que plante de service, en association par exemple avec de la canne à sucre, des cacaoyers, des agrumes ou encore du tabac. On l'appelle localement pois-sabre, haricot de Madagascar, haricot sabre, pois gogane en français, gotani bean, jack bean, jackbean, swordbean en anglais, frijol espada, haba de burro, judía sable en espagnol, Jackbohne, Schwertbohne en allemand, canavalia en italien et feijão-de-porco (« haricot-de-cochon ») en portugais brésilien.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology6
Life cycle & reproduction8
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment12
Physiology & chemistry2
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Canavalia ensiformis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Canavalia ensiformis carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 229×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 · CCDB · book-indian_vol1 +1
2n 441×CCDB · book-fedorov
n 122×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78
n 111×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type529 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions62 of 113 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Saint Louis, US | 33 |
| Yaoundé, CM | 14 |
| Durango, MX | 13 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 12 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 9 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 9 |
| Kew, GB | 8 |
| South Kensington, GB | 8 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 8 |
| Bronx, US | 7 |
| Taipei, TW | 6 |
| Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record | 6 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 6 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 5 |
| Bangkok, TH | 5 |
| Mexico City, MX | 5 |
| Smithfield, AU | 5 |
| LDlocation not on record | 4 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 4 |
| Mérida, MX | 4 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 4 |
| Paris, FR | 4 |
| HNBlocation not on record | 4 |
| Brisbane, AU | 4 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 3 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 3 |
| Herbier National du Gabonlocation not on record | 3 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 3 |
| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique / Institut de l'environnement et de recherches agricoleslocation not on record | 3 |
| Taipei, TW | 3 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 3 |
| Tampa, US | 3 |
| Université du Lomélocation not on record | 2 |
| Loja, EC | 2 |
| Xiamen, CN | 2 |
| Plocation not on record | 2 |
| Canberra, AU | 2 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 2 |
| Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologialocation not on record | 2 |
| Chicago, US | 2 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 2 |
| Mérida, MX | 2 |
| León, NI | 2 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 2 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record | 2 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 2 |
| LBVlocation not on record | 2 |
| Durban, ZA | 2 |
| HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tepatitlán de Morelos, MX | 1 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 1 |
| Ilhéus, BR | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 1 |
| Kensington, AU | 1 |
| Guilin, CN | 1 |
| Wuhan, CN | 1 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Puebla, MX | 1 |
| MSB-3054location not on record | 1 |
| Adelaide, AU | 1 |
| San Isidro, AR | 1 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 1 |
| Minia, EG | 1 |
| Addis Ababa, ET | 1 |
| DSMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Austin, US | 1 |
| Miami, US | 1 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 1 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 1 |
| La Paz, BO | 1 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Francisco de Campeche, MX | 1 |
| Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles (CRSN/Lwiro)location not on record | 1 |
| Salvador, BR | 1 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Berlin, DE | 1 |
| LNBG$location not on record | 1 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 1 |
| Arusha, TZ | 1 |
| EAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record | 1 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 1 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 1 |
| San José, CR | 1 |
| Fayetteville, US | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 1 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 1 |
| Brasília, BR | 1 |
| Mississippi State, US | 1 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 1 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 1 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 1 |
| Burlington, US | 1 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 1 |
| Seychelles National Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record | 1 |
| Tapachula, MX | 1 |
| NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record | 1 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 1 |
| UFERSAlocation not on record | 1 |
| UESBlocation not on record | 1 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 1 |
| San Francisco, US | 1 |
| Palmerston, AU | 1 |
| CNF-UFHBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Canavalia ensiformis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.