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Callingcard Vines
Entada
Entada is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It consists of some 30 species of trees, shrubs and tropical lianas. About 21 species are known from Africa, six from Asia, two from the American tropics and one with a pantropical distribution. They have compound leaves and produce exceptionally large seedpods of up to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) long. Their seeds are buoyant and survive lengthy journeys via rivers and ocean currents, to eventually wash up on tropical beaches. According to Menninger the liana species of Entada can grow up to 30 m (98 ft) longer in eighteen months. According to Dr. Bruno Kremer of the University of Cologne, Entada spp. "beats all records for longitudinal growth" reaching lengths "between 300 and 400 metres (980 and 1,310 ft)".
31 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Dwarf Elephantroot
speciesEntada elephantina
sea heart
speciesEntada gigas
callingcard vine
speciesEntada polystachia
African Dream Herb
speciesEntada rheedei
Broadpod Elephantroot
speciesEntada burkei
Matchbox Bean
speciesEntada phaseoloides
Entada tonkinensis
speciesEntada tonkinensis
Entada africana
speciesEntada africana
Skewleaf Elephant Root
speciesEntada rangei
Entada abyssinica
speciesEntada abyssinica
Zambezi seabean
speciesEntada chrysostachys
Entada spiralis
speciesEntada spiralis
Entada goetzei
speciesEntada goetzei
Entada arenaria
speciesEntada arenaria
Entada polyphylla
speciesEntada polyphylla
Entada obliqua
speciesEntada obliqua
Entada leptostachya
speciesEntada leptostachya
Small-Pod Seabean
speciesEntada wahlbergii
Entada praetermissa
speciesEntada praetermissa
Entada woodii
speciesEntada woodii
Entada tuberosa
speciesEntada tuberosa
Entada glandulosa
speciesEntada glandulosa
Entada mannii
speciesEntada mannii
Entada louvelii
speciesEntada louvelii
Entada nudiflora
speciesEntada nudiflora
Entada pervillei
speciesEntada pervillei
Entada stuhlmannii
speciesEntada stuhlmannii
Entada borneensis
speciesEntada borneensis
Entada dolichorrhachis
speciesEntada dolichorrhachis
Entada phaneroneura
speciesEntada phaneroneura
Otavi Elephantroot
speciesEntada schinziana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 127668.