Entada arenaria Schinz

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Entada Adans.
Tribe: Mimoseae
References: [19]

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1994/1995 Lewis GP
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Medicine [7]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [6]
  • Namibia-ISO [6]
  • Zaire [6]
  • Zambia [6]
  • Zimbabwe [6]

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Notes:

• A suffrutex. Two subspecies. Roots purgative (FCB ref.7).
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:46:45