Entada

Entada is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.^[3] It consists of some 30 species of trees, shrubs and tropical lianas. About 21 species are known from Africa, six from Asia, two from the American tropics and one with a pantropical distribution. They have compound leaves and produce exceptionally large seedpods of up to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) long. Their seeds are buoyant and survive lengthy journeys via rivers and ocean currents, to eventually wash up on tropical beaches. According to Menninger the liana species of Entada can grow up to one hundred feet (thirty meters) longer in eighteen months.^[4]

Entada
Entada africana fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Entada Adans. (1763)[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms[2]
Elephantorrhiza Benth. (1841) Entadopsis Britton (1928) Gigalobium P. Browne (1756) Perima Raf. (1838) Pusaetha L. ex Kuntze (1891) Strepsilobus Raf. (1838)

Entada abyssinica - MHNT

Entada africana- MHNT

Entada polyphylla - MHNT

Species

40 species are accepted.^[2]

• Entada abyssinica Steud. ex A.Rich.
• Entada africana Guill. & Perr.
• Entada arenaria Schinz
• Entada bacillaris F.White
• Entada borneensis Ridl.
• Entada burkei (Benth.) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis
• Entada camerunensis Villiers
• Entada chrysostachys (Benth.) Drake
• Entada dolichorrhachis Brenan
• Entada elephantina (Burch.) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis
• Entada gigas (L.) Fawc. & Rendle - sea heart, cœur de la mer (Pantropical)
• Entada glandulosa Gagnep.
• Entada goetzei (Harms) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis
• Entada hockii De Wild.
• Entada leptostachya Harms
• Entada louvelii (R.Vig.) Brenan
• Entada mannii (Oliv.) Tisser.
• Entada mossambicensis Torre
• Entada nudiflora Brenan
• Entada obliqua (Burtt Davy) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis
• Entada parvifolia Merr.
• Entada pervillei (Vatke) R.Vig.
• Entada phaneroneura Brenan
• Entada phaseoloides (L.) Merr. - St. Thomas bean (Oceania, East Asia)
• Entada polyphylla Benth.
• Entada polystachya (L.) DC.
• Entada praetermissa (J.H.Ross) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis
• Entada rangei (Harms) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis
• Entada reticulata Gagnep.
• Entada rheedii Spreng. - snuff box (sea) bean (Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia);
  synonyms: E. pursaetha DC., E. monostachya DC.
• Entada schinziana (Dinter) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis
• Entada simplicata (Barneby) Sch.Rodr. & A.S.Flores
• Entada spinescens Brenan
• Entada spiralis Ridl.
• Entada stuhlmannii (Taub.) Harms
• Entada tonkinensis Gagnep.
• Entada tuberosa R.Vig.
• Entada wahlbergii Harv.
• Entada woodii (E.Phillips) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis
• Entada zeylanica Kosterm.