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Entada leptostachya Harms

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Entada Adans.

Entada leptostachya Harms [Preferred name]
    Entadopsis leptostachya (Harms)Cufod. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Sarivobomorona [3402]; Sikidy [3402]; Vahikosy [3402]; Vohitoikidy [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ethiopia (N) [24]; Kenya (N) [1]; Somalia (N) [1]; Tanzania (N) [1]
  Indian Ocean
Comoro Is (N) [3402]; Madagascar (N) [3402]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [1];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1, 3402] ; Illustration [1, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994/1995 Lewis GP ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract [3402], 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Fibre [3402]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1.

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

24.

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

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
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