asishimbi :

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Streptophyta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Canavalia
Species: Canavalia gladiata

Allied species:

Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC. (syn. Canavalia ensiformis sensu auct.; Canavalia ensiformis "sensu Baker, p.p."; Canavalia foureiri G.Don; Canavalia gladiolata J.D.Sauer; Canavalia incurva (Thunb.) DC.; Canavalia incurva Thouars; Canavalia loureirii G.Don; Canavalia machaeroides (DC.) Steud.; Canavalia maxima Thouars; Dolichos gladiatus Jacq.; Dolichos incurvus Thunb.; Malocchia gladiata (Jacq.) Savi);

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: महासिम्बी Mahasimbi, Asisimbi
English: sword bean, broad bean, Patagonian bean
Hindi: Khadsampal, बड़ी सेम Badi sem
Urdu: : مکهن سيم makkhan sem
Telugu: chamma kaya ,Tammi kaya
Bengali: Makhan shim
Marathi: अबई abai
Tamil: valavaraik-kay or valavaran-gai , Segapputampattai
Malayalam: Valpayar, Valaringha
Kannada: Tumbekonti, Sembi
Arabic: Fûl hindî
Spanish: Haba de burro, Poroto sable, Carabanz.
Assamese: kamtal urahi
Japanese: Nata mame, Nata mame, なたまめ Nata mame, 鉈豆 Nata mame
Chinese: Dao dou, Dao dou
French: Haricot sabre, Pois sabre, Pois sabre de la Jamaïque, Pois de lInde, Dolique sabre
German: Schwertbohne
Sinhalese: awara

Varities:

The red and black sword beans were found to have antioxidant capacity compared to the white sword bean, and this was attributed to their red and black bean coats, which possessed extremely high phenolic content.