Entada

Entada
	Entada africana fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Entada; Adans. (1763)
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Elephantorrhiza Benth. (1841); Entadopsis Britton (1928); Gigalobium P. Browne (1756); Perima Raf. (1838); Pusaetha L. ex Kuntze (1891); Strepsilobus Raf. (1838);

Entada is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.^[3] 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.

Species[edit]

40 species are accepted.^[2]

Entada abyssinica Steud. ex A.Rich.
Entada africana Guill. & Perr.
Entada arenaria Schinz
Entada bacillaris F.White
Entada borneensis Ridl.
Entada burkei (Benth.) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis
Entada camerunensis Villiers
Entada chrysostachys (Benth.) Drake
Entada dolichorrhachis Brenan
Entada elephantina (Burch.) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis
Entada gigas (L.) Fawc. & Rendle - sea heart, cœur de la mer (Pantropical)
Entada glandulosa Gagnep.
Entada goetzei (Harms) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis
Entada hockii De Wild.
Entada leptostachya Harms
Entada louvelii (R.Vig.) Brenan
Entada mannii (Oliv.) Tisser.
Entada mossambicensis Torre
Entada nudiflora Brenan
Entada obliqua (Burtt Davy) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis
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 praetermissa (J.H.Ross) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis
Entada rangei (Harms) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis
Entada reticulata Gagnep.
Entada rheedii Spreng. - snuff box (sea) bean (Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia);
synonyms: E. pursaetha DC., E. monostachya DC.
Entada schinziana (Dinter) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis
Entada simplicata (Barneby) Sch.Rodr. & A.S.Flores
Entada spinescens Brenan
Entada spiralis Ridl.
Entada stuhlmannii (Taub.) Harms
Entada tonkinensis Gagnep.
Entada tuberosa R.Vig.
Entada wahlbergii Harv.
Entada woodii (E.Phillips) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis
Entada zeylanica Kosterm.

References[edit]

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b Entada Adans. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
^ 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.

External links[edit]

Madagascar Catalogue
Taxonomy
Media related to Entada at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Entada at Wikispecies

[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.

[powo-2] Entada Adans. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[6subfamilies-3] 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.

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