| Entada gigas Fawc. & Rendle |
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Family : Mimosaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : FABACEAE |
| Notes : [comb. nov. of a illeg. name] |
| Information on the genus : Entada |
| Basionym : Mimosa gigas L. |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Mimosa gigas L. |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Entada planoseminata (De Wild.) G.C.C. Gilbert & Boutique |
| =Entada scandens subsp. planoseminata De Wild. |
| =Entada scandens subsp. umbonata De Wild. |
| =Entada umbonata (De Wild.) G.C.C. Gilbert & Boutique |
| =Entada scandens (L.) Benth. (1841) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Liane to 30 m tall; stem 10 cm Ø; rachis of leaves ending in a forked tendril; pods gigantic (0,4-1,2 m long x 7,5-12 cm wide), twisted into a single or double lax spiral, with the sides also often twisted. |
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| Ecology : |
Fringing forest by rivers (locally common); forest edges; 500-1650 m alt. |
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West Indies, Central America, Colombia. - Distribution derived from drifting seeds (vide C. R. Gunn & J. V. Dennis, World Guide to Tropical Drift Seeds and Fruits, 1999). |
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Planted as a fetish tree near Gabonese villages. |
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Similar to E. rheedii (seeds indistinguishable).
Uncertain in Tanzania; collected once in Kenya. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Fgui |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
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| Record n°61582 modified 2013-10-22 |
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