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 long. Their seeds are buoyant and survive lengthy journeys via rivers and ocean currents, to eventually wash up on tropical beaches.Species
The following species have been accepted:
- 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 Drake
- Entada dolichorrhachis Brenan
- Entada gigas Fawc. & Rendle - Sea heart, Cœur de la mer
- Entada glandulosa Gagnep.
- Entada hockii De Wild.
- Entada leptostachya Harms
- Entada louvelii Brenan
- Entada mannii Tisser.
- Entada mossambicensis Torre
- Entada nudiflora Brenan
- Entada parvifolia Merr.
- Entada pervillei R.Vig.
- Entada phaneroneura Brenan
- Entada phaseoloides Merr. - St. Thomas bean
- Entada polyphylla Benth.
- Entada polystachya DC.
- Entada reticulata Gagnep.
- Entada rheedii Spreng. - snuff box bean ;
synonyms: E. pursaetha DC., E. monostachya DC.
- Entada spinescens Brenan
- Entada spiralis Ridl.
- Entada stuhlmannii Harms
- Entada tuberosa R.Vig.
- Entada wahlbergii Harv.
