Entada africana Guill. & Perr.

Shrub or small tree 1.2–10 m. high, unarmed, usually with very rough bark.. Young branchlets glabrous.. 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.. 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.. Flowers yellowish to whitish, sweetly scented.. Calyx glabrous, 0.75–1.25 mm. long.. Petals 1.5–3 mm. long.. Stamen-filaments 4–5 mm. long.. Pods up to about 38 cm. long, 5–7.3 cm. wide, straight or nearly so, sub-coriaceous, joints conspicuously umbonate in centre.. Seeds 12 mm. long, 9–10 mm. wide.

A tropical plant. It grows in the savannah in West Africa. In Nigeria it is common at about 1,000 m above sea level. It grows in the Sahel. It grows on lower slopes or banks of swamps. It grows in areas with a rainfall between 600-1,200 mm each year. It is damaged by bush fires. It can grow in arid places.

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.