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Entada africana Guill. & Perr.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Entada Adans.

Entada africana Guill. & Perr. [Preferred name]
    Entada sudanica Schweinf. {Synonym}
    Entadopsis sudanica (Schweinf.)G.C.C.Gilbert & Boutique {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Benin (N) [11]; Burkina (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [1]; Central African Rep. (N) [11]; Chad (N) [64]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Gambia The (N) [1]; Ghana (N) [11]; Guinea Bissau (N) [11]; Ivory Coast (N) [11]; Mali (N) [11]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [11]; Senegal (N) [1]; Sudan (N) [1]; Togo (N) [11]; Uganda (N) [1]; Zaire (N) [1]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sudanian woodland [11];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1] ; Illustration [10, 11]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub, Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994/1995 Lewis GP ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

  
USES:
  Fibre [14]; Forage [14]; Medicine [14]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1959
    Mimosoideae.In:Fl.Trop.East Africa.Hubbard & Milne-Redhead

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

10.

  Aubreville, A., 1950
    La Flore Forestiere Soudano-Guineene

11.

  Keay, R.W.J., 1958
    Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2

14.

  Dalziel, J.M., 1937
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

64.

  Lebrun, J.-P. et al, 1972
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

78.

  Peyre de Fabregues, B.& Lebrun, 1976
    IEMVPT Etude Botanique No.3. Catalogue des plantes..du Niger
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