Entada

Entada
Entada africana fruit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Entada
Adans.[1]
Type species
Entada monostachya
Species

See text

Synonyms[3]
  • Elephantorrhiza Benth.
  • Entadopsis Britton
  • Gigalobium P. Browne
  • Perima Raf.
  • Pusaetha L. ex Kuntze
  • Strepsilobus Raf.
Entada abyssinica - MHNT
Entada africana- MHNT
Entada polyphylla - MHNT

Entada is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[4] 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. According to Menninger the liana species of Entada can grow up to 30 m (98 ft) longer in eighteen months.[5] According to Dr. Bruno Kremer of the University of Cologne, Entada spp. "beats all records for longitudinal growth" reaching lengths "between 300 and 400 metres (980 and 1,310 ft)".[6]

Species

As of December 2025, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 40 species:[3]

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Entada Adans". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Entada Adans". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  4. ^ 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. hdl:10568/90658.
  5. ^ Edwin A. Menninger, Flowering Vines of the World (1970).
  6. ^ Edward G. Atkins Ph.D., ed. (1991). Vanishing Eden. Hauppauge, New York: Barrons. p. 168.
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