Drought-tolerant suitable for xeriscaping. Sometimes grown as an ornamental with very attractive pink/purple papilionaceous flowers. When the beans have grown they will reveal a surprise message This kit includes a planter, colored garden stones, potting mix, paint, a paintbrush and 3 magic message beans. Canavalia gladiata - a twining nearly erect annual. Mature seeds must be boiled or roasted to render them edible. The young pods and seeds are edible and used for food in northern Australia. It should be an excellent ground cover for dry sandy areas. Canavalia rosea - Beach Bean is a mostly herbaceous vine that trails along beach dunes and coastal strand. Canavalia gladiata and Canavalia ensiformis seeds - is a novelty gadget 'Magic Message Bean', fast-growing seedling with the message engraved on the cotyledon. Hyacinth bean vines grow over our back garden gate. They hang from sturdy, burgundy stems that twine and twirl along fences and walls and over arbors and trellises, extending up to 17 feet in a single growing season. The genus Canavalia includes the tropical high climbing jackbeans. The large, purple-tinted leaves of the hyacinth bean vine provide shade as well as beauty. Seeds of Canavalia virosa, known locally as Kaattuthambattan in the Tamil language, consumed as a staple food by Malayali tribals, in Eastern Ghats of India, and are rich of proteins, amino acids, and minerals. In ancient Africa these beans were used in magic and rituals, they have been found in the prehistoric graves. The beans have aphrodisiac and psychedelic qualities. Magic Bean, Kaattuthambattan, Beach Bean, Seaside Bean, JackbeanĬanavalia virosa is a fast growing vigorous vine with tri-lobed leaves and pinkish sweetly fragrant flowers. This video contains the easy care tips for Magic Bean Plant or Lucky Bean Plant or Australian Chestnut plant, as its native to Australia.
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