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3. Entada rheedei Spreng.wfo-0000195898

Syst. Veg. 2: 325. 1825. Fig. 34: 2–6.


Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.



Synonyms & Citations :

Entada pursaetha DC., Prod. 2: 425. 1825; Mém. Leg.: 421. 1826; Johnston, Sargentia 8: 137. 1949; Brenan, Kew Bull. 10: 164. 1955; Nielsen, Adansonia, ser. 2, 19: 343. 1980; in Fl. C.L.V. 19: 21 Pl. 3, 2–6. 1981.
Mimosa entada L., Sp. Pl. 1: 518. 1753.
Entada monostachya DC., Prod. 2: 425. 1825; Mém. Leg.: 422. 1826.
Entada scandens auct. non Benth.: Benth., in Hooker, J. Bot. 4: 332. 1842; in Miq., Pl. Jungh. 2: 266. 1852 p.p.; Trans. Linn. Soc. 30: 363. 1875 p.p.; Kurz, Fl. Burm. 1. 416. 1877; Bak. In Fl. Br. Ind. 2: 287. 1878 p.p.; Prain in King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 66 (2): 242. 1897 p.p.; Gagnep. In Fl. Gén. I.-C. 2: 62. 1913; Craib in Fl. Siam. Eu. 1: 542. 1928.
Entada schefferi Ridl., J. Bot. 58: 195. 1920; Fl. Mal. Pen. 1: 654. 1922 p.p. (type); Craib in Fl. Siam. En. 1: 543. 1928.


Description : Woody climber. Leaves: petiole 3.5–7.5 cm; rachis (4.5–)6–8(–10.5) cm; leaflet bearing pinnae 2 pairs, 5–15 cm long; leaflets 34 pairs per pinna 2.5–7 by (1–)1.3–3.5 cm, obovate to elliptical lanceolate; apex ± acuminate to obtuse, ± emarginate to nearly bifid; lower surface not or very rarely glaucous. Spikes ca 13–25 cm, ± densely puberulous, with inconspicuously pedicellate flowers; pedicels 0.3 mm long. Calyx (0.5–)0.8–1 mm, broadly cup-shaped, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs. Petals 2.8–3–mm, narrowly elliptical to lanceolate, acute, eglandular. Ovary 1–1.5 mm (sometimes absent), glabrous, shortly stipitate; stipe 0.5 mm long. Pod 7–15 cm broad and up to 2 m long, straight to slightly curved; segments 6.5–7.5 cm long; exocarp woody; endocarp rigid, woody, 2–4 mm thick. Seeds 3.5–4 cm diam, up to 1 cm thick, subcircular, flat with a thick brown testa.


Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai, Lamphun; NORTH-EASTERN: Loei; EASTERN: Nakhon Ratchasima; SOUTH-EASTERN: Rayong, Chanthaburi; SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi; PENINSULAR: Narathiwat, Phangnga.


Distribution : Africa, Mascarene Islands (Mauritius – type), tropical Asia and Oceania.


Ecology : Along streams in evergreen (also dry evergreen) forests, deciduous forests, also on limestone, up to 900 m alt.


Vernacular : Ma ba (มะบ้า), saba (สะบ้า); kham ton (คำต้น), ma ba luang (มะบ้าหลวง)(Northern); saba mon (สะบ้ามอญ)(Central); mok-kae-mue (ม๊อกแกมื่อ)(Lawa-Northern); ma nim (มะนิม), mak ngim (หมากงิม)(Shan-Northem).


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