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Entada chrysostachys (Benth.) Drake

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Entada

Characteristics

Leaves with 3-5 pairs of pinnae; tendrils absent; leaflets 10-17 pairs, 1·4-2·9 x 0·3-1 cm., oblong to obovate-oblong, rounded to obtuse or subtruncate at the apex, rounded-subtruncate on the proximal side of the base, cuneate on the distal side, glabrous to ± appressed-pubescent on both surfaces; midrib subcentral towards apex.
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Racemes axillary, solitary or (more usually) clustered, 3-10 cm. long, not including the 1-2 cm. long peduncle; axis glabrous to pubescent.
Pods c. 20-45 x 5-10 cm., coriaceous, straight or slightly curved, with a stipe c. 0·5-1 cm. long.
Shrub or climber up to c. 12 m. high, unarmed; young branchlets glabrous or ± pubescent.
Flowers probably cream or yellow; pedicels 1-1·5 mm. long.
Calyx 1-1·5 mm. long, glabrous or sparsely pubescent.
Stamen-filaments c. 4-5 mm. long.
Seeds c. 14-15 x 12 mm.
Petals c. 3 mm. long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Probably characteristic of rocky beds of streams and rivers and lake-margins, at elevations from 40-460 metres in eastern Africa. Dry woodland and along rivers.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses fuel material medicinal wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Entada chrysostachys world distribution map, present in Madagascar, Mozambique, Mauritius, Malawi, Tanzania, United Republic of, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Entada chrysostachys threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:493828-1
WFO ID wfo-0000211417
COL ID 39X4Q
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Stachychrysum pterospermum Piptadenia flabellata Entada chrysostachys Entada kirkii Mimosa chrysostachys Adenanthera chrysostachys Piptadenia boiviniana Entada boiviniana Entada grandidieri Piptadenia grandidieri Piptadenia greveana Pusaetha kirkii Piptadenia chrysostachys Entadopsis kirkii Entada sudanica var. pubescens
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