This native vine or climber
is commonly known as
coastal jack bean.
Canavalia rosea
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Leguminosae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Usually a littoral species but has been reported inland just outside Fraser Coast region in Glenbar National Park (possibly cultivated and naturalised).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 12 Fraser Coast localities: Dundowran Beach, Point Vernon, Toogoom, River Heads, Tinnanbar, K'gari, Great Sandy Strait, Burrum Heads, Poona, Tiaro, Pialba, Urangan.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
