''Entada'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the family

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, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily

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. It consists of some 30 species of

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s and tropical

liana A liana is a long-Plant stem, stemmed Woody plant, woody vine that is rooted in the soil at ground level and uses trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the Canopy (biology), canopy in search of direct sunlight. T ...

s. About 21 species are known from

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, six from

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, two from the American tropics and one with a

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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. According to Menninger the liana species of ''Entada'' can grow up to longer in eighteen months. According to Dr. Bruno Kremer of the University of Cologne, ''Entada'' spp. "beats all records for longitudinal growth" reaching lengths "between ".

Species

40 species are accepted. * '' Entada abyssinica'' Steud. ex A.Rich. * ''

Entada africana ''Entada'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, in the Mimosoideae, 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 ...

'' Guill. & Perr. * '' Entada arenaria'' Schinz * '' Entada bacillaris'' F.White * '' Entada borneensis'' Ridl. * '' Entada burkei'' * '' Entada camerunensis'' Villiers * '' Entada chrysostachys'' (Benth.) Drake * '' Entada dolichorrhachis'' Brenan * '' Entada elephantina'' * '' Entada gigas'' (L.) Fawc. & Rendle - sea heart, cœur de la mer (

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) * ''

Entada glandulosa ''Entada'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, in the Mimosoideae, 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 ...

'' Gagnep. * '' Entada goetzei'' * '' Entada hockii'' De Wild. * '' Entada leptostachya'' Harms * '' Entada louvelii'' (R.Vig.) Brenan * '' Entada mannii'' (Oliv.) Tisser. * '' Entada mossambicensis'' Torre * '' Entada nudiflora'' Brenan * '' Entada obliqua'' * '' Entada parvifolia'' Merr. * '' Entada pervillei'' (Vatke) R.Vig. * '' Entada phaneroneura'' Brenan * '' Entada phaseoloides'' (L.) Merr. - St. Thomas bean (

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) * '' Entada polyphylla'' Benth. * '' Entada polystachya'' (L.) DC. * '' Entada praetermissa'' * '' Entada rangei'' * '' Entada reticulata'' Gagnep. * '' Entada rheedii'' Spreng. - snuff box (sea) bean (

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);
synonyms: ''E. pursaetha'' DC., ''E. monostachya'' DC. * '' Entada schinziana'' * '' Entada simplicata'' * '' Entada spinescens'' Brenan * '' Entada spiralis'' Ridl. * '' Entada stuhlmannii'' (Taub.) Harms * '' Entada tonkinensis'' * '' Entada tuberosa'' R.Vig. * '' Entada wahlbergii'' Harv. * '' Entada woodii'' * '' Entada zeylanica''

References

External links

Madagascar Catalogue

Taxonomy
* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q2717267 Fabaceae genera Pantropical flora