Canavalia kauaiensis
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| Canavalia kauaiensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Canavalia |
| Species: | C. kauaiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Canavalia kauaiensis J.D.Sauer
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Canavalia kauensis is a low growing vine of the sweet pea family (Papillionaceae) and endemic to Kauai, Hawai'i. It was discovered in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park when an area was fenced off to exclude feral goats. It is believed that the seeds lay dormant for over two hundred years.[1][2]