Fabaceae
Entada

Entada nudiflora Brenan

First published in Kew Bull. 20: 377 (1966)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania (Ufipa) to N. Zambia. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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: low confidence
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing, Shrub
[ILDIS]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19891468/20071111

Conservation
NT - near threatened
[IUCN]

Leguminosae, J.P.M. Brenan. Flora Zambesiaca 3:1. 1970

Morphology General Habit
Slender woody climber to 3 m. high, unarmed; young branchlets glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves with 2-3 pairs of pinnae; one or more of the pinnae, usually terminal, sometimes modified to a tendril; leaflets 18-25 pairs, 6-13·5 x 1-1·75 mm., linear to linear-oblong, rounded to subacute and mucronate at the apex, asymmetric at the base, glabrous or almost so, lateral nerves not visible beneath.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes axillary, solitary, always produced when the plant is leafless, often aggregated on short shoots or occupying terminal parts of shoots, 2·5 cm. long (not including the 10-30 mm. long peduncle), glabrous, dense-flowered.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers dark-purple, sessile or almost so (pedicel to 0·5 mm. long).
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx c. 2·5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 3·5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamen-filaments 6-8 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods c. 25-28 x 3-3·4 cm., flat, subcoriaceous, falcately curved, with a stipe c. 1·5-2 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds c. 10 x 6·5 mm.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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

  • 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