Entada

Entada is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It consists of some 30 species of trees, shrubs and tropical lianas. About 21 species are known from Africa, six from Asia, two from the American tropics and one with a pantropical distribution. They have compound leaves and produce exceptionally large seedpods of up to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) long. Their seeds are buoyant and survive lengthy journeys via rivers and ocean currents, to eventually wash up on tropical beaches.

Entada
Entada africana fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae[1]
(unranked):
Mimosoid clade[1]
Genus:
Entada

Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Entadopsis Britton
  • Gigalobium P. Browne
  • Perima Raf.
  • Pusaetha Kuntze
  • Strepsilobus Raf.
Entada abyssinica - MHNT
Entada africana- MHNT
Entada polyphylla - MHNT

Species

The following species have been accepted:[3]

  • Entada abyssinica Steudel ex A. Rich.
  • Entada africana Guill. & Perr.
  • Entada arenaria Schinz
  • Entada bacillaris F.White
  • Entada borneensis Ridl.
  • Entada camerunensis Villiers
  • Entada chrysostachys (Benth.) Drake
  • Entada dolichorrhachis Brenan
  • Entada gigas (L.) Fawc. & Rendle - Sea heart, Cœur de la mer (Pantropical)
  • Entada glandulosa Gagnep.
  • Entada hockii De Wild.
  • Entada leptostachya Harms
  • Entada louvelii (R.Vig.) Brenan
  • Entada mannii (Oliv.) Tisser.
  • Entada mossambicensis Torre
  • Entada nudiflora Brenan
  • Entada parvifolia Merr.
  • Entada pervillei (Vatke) R.Vig.
  • Entada phaneroneura Brenan
  • Entada phaseoloides (L.) Merr. - St. Thomas bean (Oceania, East Asia)
  • Entada polyphylla Benth.
  • Entada polystachya (L.) DC.
  • Entada reticulata Gagnep.
  • Entada rheedii Spreng. - snuff box (sea) bean (Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia);
    synonyms: E. pursaetha DC., E. monostachya DC.
  • Entada spinescens Brenan
  • Entada spiralis Ridl.
  • Entada stuhlmannii (Taub.) Harms
  • Entada tuberosa R.Vig.
  • Entada wahlbergii Harv.

References
  1. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
  2. "Entada Adans". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
  3. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Entada
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