Entada rheedii Sprengel

Entada rheedii Sprengel

Status: Accepted
Genus: Entada Adans.
Tribe: Mimoseae
References: [1915]

Other names:

Entada gigalobium sensu auct.,p.p. [Misapplied] [3052][1915]
Entada gigas G.Gilbert & Boutique [Misapplied] [1][7]
Entada gogo (Blanco)I.M.Johnston [Synonym] [1]
Entada phaseoloides sensu auct. [Misapplied] [35][29][1]
Entada pursaetha DC. [Synonym] [1][1914][1915]
Entada scandens sensu auct. [Misapplied] [1915][3057]

Common Names:

Liane Sabre [1915]
Liane Staub [1915]

Descriptors:

Habit:
- Shrub
Lifespan:
- Perennial
Stems:
- Climbing
Source(s):
- 1988(Africa)Lock JM
- 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
- 1993 Polhill RM
- 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
- 1998(S Asia)Kumar S & Sane PV
Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
- 1994/1995 Lewis GP
Conservation Status:
- Not Threatened

Uses:

Domestic [2022]
Medicine [1927] [3056]
Miscellaneous [32]
Toxins [1927]

Geographical Distribution:

Africa
- Cameroon [8]
- Equatorial Guinea-ISO [8]
- Ghana [11]
- Guinea [11]
- Guinea Bissau [11]
- Ivory Coast [8]
- Kenya [1]
- Liberia [8]
- Malawi [6]
- Mozambique [6]
- Nigeria [11]
- Senegal [8]
- Sierra Leone [11]
- South Africa [1]
- Tanzania [1]
- Togo [11]
- Uganda [1]
- Zaire [8]
- Zimbabwe [8]

Asia [1913] [1914] [1927] [1929] [1944] [1947] [2022] [3009] [3015] [3016] [3018] [3019] [3021] [3026] [3027] [3031] [3037] [3038] [3040] [3042] [3043] [3056] [3091] [3092] [3093] [3094] [3095] [3096] [3098] [3099] [3100] [3101] [3102] [3103] [3104] [3105] [3108]
- Bangladesh [1914] [3091]
- Bhutan [1947]
- Cambodia [1913]
- China [1] [1914]
- India [1914] [1944] [1947] [3009] [3015] [3016] [3018] [3019] [3021] [3026] [3027] [3031] [3037] [3038] [3040] [3042] [3043] [3091] [3092] [3093] [3094] [3095] [3096] [3098] [3099] [3100] [3101] [3102] [3103] [3104] [3105] [3108]
  - Andhra Pradesh [3009] [3015] [3093]
  - Arunachal Pradesh [3038] [3040]
  - Bihar [3016] [3031] [3091]
  - Goa [3094]
  - Karnataka [1944] [3018] [3021] [3093] [3095] [3096]
  - Maharashtra [3019] [3098] [3099] [3100] [3101] [3108]
  - Manipur [3038]
  - Meghalaya [3038] [3042] [3043]
  - Mizoram [3038]
  - Orissa [3026] [3091]
  - Sikkim [1947]
  - Tamil Nadu [3027] [3102] [3103]
  - Tripura [3038] [3092]
  - West Bengal [3037] [3038] [3104] [3105]
- Indonesia-ISO [2022]
- Laos [1913]
- Malaysia-ISO [2022]
- Moluccas [3056]
- Myanmar [1913]
- Nepal [1914]
- Philippines [1]
- Sri Lanka [1927]
- Taiwan [1929]

Australasia [261] [1880]
- Australia [1] [1880]
  - Queensland [1880]
- Papua New Guinea [261]

Indian Ocean [1914] [1915] [1941] [1982] [3054] [3076]
- Andaman Is [1914]
- Comoro Is [3054]
- Madagascar [1982] [3054]
- Maldives [3076]
- Mauritius [1915]
- Nicobar Is [1914]
- Seychelles [1941]

Pacific Ocean [261] [2235]
- Guam [1] [261]
- Northern Marianas [2235]
- Solomon Is [261]

Notes:

Seeds used as beads
The correct name of this taxon is E.rheedii Spreng.(G.Lewis pers.comm.)
Two subspecies recognised; see subspecies rheedii & subspecies sinohimalensis. [1913]
Saponins in bark and seed used as soap [2022]
The only Seychelles record is a stranded, but viable seed. [1941]

Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:46:50