Fabaceae
Entada

Entada goetzei (Harms) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis

First published in PhytoKeys 205: 119 (2022)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland, Zambezian bushland and thicket, Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; bushland and thicket.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub/Tree
[ILDIS]

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]

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

Morphology General Habit
Shrub or small tree 1–7 m. high, deciduous; bark dark dull brown or red.
Morphology Branches
Young branchlets glabrous, becoming blackish.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves up to 42 cm. long, glabrous or nearly so; pinnae 4–31 pairs; leaflets 12–48 pairs, linear to narrowly oblong, 3.5–12 mm. long, 0.7–3 mm. wide, glabrous; midrib starting at distal corner of leaf-base, gradually becoming almost central in the leaf; proximal side of base rounded and almost auriculate; apex acute and nearly symmetrical; lateral nerves and veins not or scarcely visible.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes glabrous, 5–22 cm. long; pedicels 1–2 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers variously described as yellow, or with brownish-violet petals and yellow stamens.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 1–1.5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 2.5–3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamen-filaments about 5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods linear-oblong, up to 44 cm. long and 2–3 cm. wide, the seeds showing as bumps at intervals.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds lenticular, 16–20 mm. long, 14–18 mm. wide and 10–12 mm. thick.
Figures
Fig. 4, p. 20.
Habitat
Deciduous woodland; at edge of rocky outcrop on hillside in Songea District; 250–1020 m.
Distribution
T6 T8 possibly in Angola
[FTEA]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/144301554/149045743

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

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

Morphology General Habit
Shrub or small tree 1-7 m. high, deciduous; bark grey-brown to dark dull brown or red; young branchlets glabrous becoming blackish.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves up to 53 cm. long (rhaehis + petiole), glabrous or nearly so; pinnae 3-41 pairs; leaflets 9-48 pairs, 3·5-22 x 0·7-8 mm., linear-oblong to narrowly oblong, glabrous; midrib starting in the distal corner of the leaflet-base, gradually becoming almost central in the leaflet; proximal side of the base rounded and almost auriculate; apex acute to rounded and mucronate and nearly symmetric; lateral nerves and veins not or scarcely visible.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes (5)8-20(23) cm. long (including the peduncle), glabrous; minute whitish mealy glands present round the pedicel-bases.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers variously described as yellow, or with brownish-violet petals and yellow stamens.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 2·5-3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods (15)25-44 x 1·3-3 cm., linear, the seeds showing as bumps at intervals.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 11-20 x 9-18 x 7-12 mm., ellipsoid to lenticular.
[FZ]

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