Fabaceae
Entada

Entada africana Guill. & Perr.

First published in Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 233 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Ethiopia and Uganda. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/144292247/149028600

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Mimosaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
A savannah tree, to 20 ft. high
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers creamy-white.
[FWTA]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Sudanian woodland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub/Tree
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Shrub or small tree 1.2–10 m. high, unarmed, usually with very rough bark.
Morphology Branches
Young branchlets glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves variable; pinnase (1–)3–9 pairs; tendrils absent; leaflets (8–)10–24 pairs, oblong-elliptic, obovate-oblong or linear-oblong, 0.9–4.5 cm. long, 0.3–1.3(–l.5) cm. wide, rounded and sometimes slightly mucronate at apex, glabrous or occasionally ± puberulous on both surfaces; midrib ± central from shortly above leaflet-base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes shortly supra-axillary, 1–4 together, sometimes aggregated on short lateral shoots, 6.5–15 cm. long (including the 0.6–2(–5) cm. long peduncle); axis glabrous or subglabrous, rarely pubescent; pedicels 1(-l.5) mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers yellowish to whitish, sweetly scented.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx glabrous, 0.75–1.25 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 1.5–3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamen-filaments 4–5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods up to about 38 cm. long, 5–7.3 cm. wide, straight or nearly so, sub-coriaceous, joints conspicuously umbonate in centre.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 12 mm. long, 9–10 mm. wide.
Habitat
Uncertain
Distribution
Senegal and the Sudan to the French Cameroons, Belgian Congo and Uganda U1
[FTEA]

Uses

Use
Fibre, Forage, Medicine
[ILDIS]

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0