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Canavalia cathartica
Poisonous Sea Bean
As recorded: Canavalia cathartica Thouars
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae
- Collected by
- Munro, G.C.
- Collector number
- s.n.
- Date
- April 4, 1950
- Locality
- Diamond Head Beach
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.2570, -157.8082 ± 1,093 m
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.; Wagner, W.L.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Canavalia cathartica observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1950. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 38 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-06-14.
2026-06-14
Kahala Ave + 4721, Honolulu, HI 96816, USA
no rights reserved
2026-06-03
Waimanalo, HI 96795, USA
(c) Bridget McCall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
2025-04-20
Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
2025-04-04
Hawaii, US
(c) Andrew Evans, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-02-01
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-01-10
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Kyle Roath, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Canavalia cathartica. BISH 22245. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956425321. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/22245.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956425321 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026