Fabaceae
Entada

Entada burkei (Benth.) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis

First published in PhytoKeys 205: 113 (2022)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is a tuberous shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/146440052/146440054

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Leguminosae, J.P.M. Brenan. Flora Zambesiaca 3:1. 1970

Morphology General Habit
Shrub or small tree usually 1-6 m. high, occasionally as small as 0·3 m., but then with stems distinctly woody and branched and the inflorescences normally on lateral shoots of the current season; bark dark-grey to reddish; young branchlets glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 7-18 cm. long (rhachis + petiole), glabrous or almost so when mature; pinnae (1)4-8 pairs; leaflets 9-32 pairs per pinna, 7-15 x 1·5-3·5(4·5) mm., narrowly oblanceolate to very narrowly elliptic or linear-oblong, glabrous, base slightly asymmetric (less so than in E. elephantina), with the proximal side rounded to cuneate, apex symmetric, obtuse to rounded, generally mucronate, lateral nerves and veins prominent or not.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes 5-10(12) cm. long (including the peduncle), glabrous; minute reddish mealy glands present round the pedicel-bases.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers variously described as cream or yellow.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 3-4·5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 10-19 x 2·5-4 cm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds c. 11-13 x 8-12 x 8 mm., the few seen irregular in shape.
[FZ]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub/Tree
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0