Calabar beans - Calabar beans

Japanese: カラバル豆 - カラバルまめ
Calabar beans - Calabar beans
〘Noun〙 (Calabar) A climbing perennial plant of the legume family native to Africa. The leaves are trilobular. Many butterfly-shaped dark red flowers grow in clusters in the leaf axils. The seeds contain alkaloids, which have the special effect of calming convulsions and constricting the pupils .

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Japanese:
〘名〙 (カラバルはCalabar) アフリカ原産のマメ科のつる性多年草。葉は三小葉。葉腋に蝶形の暗赤色の花を総状に多数つける。種子はアルカロイドを含有し、痙攣(けいれん)をしずめたり、瞳孔(どうこう)を縮めさせる特効がある。

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