Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Climber
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📚 Overview
Description
Lianas, tendrillate, stems glabrous. Leaves bipinnate, pinnae 2 or 3 pairs, the terminal pair modified into a tendril; leaflets 4-7 pairs, 5 x 2.5 cm, curved-oblong, obtuse, inequilateral. Spikes to 35 x 0.8 cm, axillary, solitary or paired, erect. Flowers 3 mm long, densely packed, yellow; calyx cupular, truncate; petals 4, free, valvate; stamens 10, free; filaments 6 mm long, ovary many-ovuled; style slender; stigma concave. Pods to 1 m long, thick, woody, crenate on both sutures; seeds many, biconvex, 5 cm across, orbicular, smooth.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Habit: Woody climber
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Evergreen forests.
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Evergreen forests along sides of rivers
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Kasaragode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kozhikkode
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Thane
Kerala: Idukki, Kasaragod, Kannur, Kollam, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta,Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Entada monostachya DC., Prodr. 2: 425. 1825; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 174
- Entada pursaetha DC., Prodr. 2: 425. 1825; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 167. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 150. 1985.
- Entada scandens sensu Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 86. 1878, non Benth. 1841; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 417(296). 1919.
- Entada rheedei Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 325. 1825 "rheedii"; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 170. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 188. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 66. 1992; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 170. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 113. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 243. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 127. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 122. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 112. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 238. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 204. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 339. 2009.
- Mimosa entada L., Sp. Pl. 518. 1753.
- Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
Information Listing > References
- Entada monostachya DC., Prodr. 2: 425. 1825; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 174
- Entada pursaetha DC., Prodr. 2: 425. 1825; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 167. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 150. 1985.
- Entada scandens sensu Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 86. 1878, non Benth. 1841; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 417(296). 1919.
- Entada rheedei Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 325. 1825 "rheedii"; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 170. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 188. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 66. 1992; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 170. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 113. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 243. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 127. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 122. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 112. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 238. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 204. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 339. 2009.
- Mimosa entada L., Sp. Pl. 518. 1753.
- Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
| Order | Fabales |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Genus | Entada |
| Species | Entada rheedii Spreng. |
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