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Entada phaseoloides (L.)Merr.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Entada Adans.

Entada phaseoloides (L.)Merr. [Preferred name]
    Entada formosana Kaneh. {Synonym}
    Entada koshunensis Hayata & Kaneh. {Synonym}
    Entada rumphii Scheff. {Synonym}
    Entada scandens (L.)Benth., p.p. {Synonym}
    Entada tonkinensis Gagnep. {Synonym}
    Faba marina-major Rumph. {Synonym}
    Lens phaseoloides L. {Synonym}
    Mimosa blancoana Litv. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Wa Lai [2264]; Wataqiri [2264]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Brunei (N) [2022]; China (N) [261, 1913, 3403]; Fujian [3403]; Guangdong [3403]; Guangxi [3403]; Xizang Zizhiqu [3403]; Yunnan [3403]; Indonesia (N) [261, 1913, 2022]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Japan (N) [1930]; Jawa (N) [2022]; Kalimantan (N) [2022]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [2022]; Malaysia (N) [1913, 2022]; Moluccas (N) [2022]; Philippines (N) [1913, 2022]; Ryukyu Is (N) [2825]; Sabah (N) [2022]; Sarawak (N) [2022]; Sulawesi (N) [2022]; Sumatera (N) [2022]; Taiwan (N) [2827, 3403]; Thailand (I) [3454]; Vietnam (N) [1913, 2022]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1913, 2022]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]; Fiji (U) [2264]; Marshall Is (U) [2235]; Northern Marianas (U) [2235]; Solomon Is (N) [261]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [261, 1913, 1930, 2022, 3403, 3898] ; Distribution Map [2022] ; Illustration [261, 1913, 2823, 3403]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] ; Habit: Shrub [261], Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract

  
USES:
  Domestic [2022, 2828, 2872]; Food and Drink [2828, 2872]; Medicine [2828]

  
NOTES:
  High saponin content in bark and seeds. [3962]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

1913.

  Nielsen, I., 1981
    Leg-Mim. In:Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et Viet-nam,Vol 19.A.

1930.

  Ohwi, J., 1965
    Flora of Japan. Washington: Smithsonian Institution

2022.

  Nielsen, I.C., 1992
    Flora Malesiana, Series I Vol II Part I Mimosaceae.

2235.

  Fosberg, F.R. et al., 1979
    A Geographical Checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae

2264.

  Parham, J.W., 1972
    Plants of the Fiji Islands

2823.

  Ohashi, H., 1989
    In:Satake.Wild Flws of Japan,Woody Pls.1:229-256. Legumin.

2825.

  Walker, E.H., 1976
    Flora of Okinawa and S.Ryukyu islands. Washing.Smithson.Inst

2827.

  Huang, T.C. & Ohashi, H., 1993
    Leguminosae.In Flora of Taiwan, 2nd Ed. 3:148-421.Taipei,Tai

2828.

  Hotta, M et al, 1989
    Sekai Yuhyou-shokubutu(Useful Pls. of World) Heibonsha.Tokyo

2872.

  Uphof, J.C.Th., 1968
    Dictionary of economic Plants.2nd ed.Verlag von Cramer,Lehre

3403.

  Wu, T.L., 1988
    Mimososoideae. In: Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 39 (Leguminosae 1)

3454.

  Heald, J., 1992
    Specimen in Herb. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

3962.

  Merrill, E.D., 1918
    Philip.J.Sci.Sect.C Bot.13(1):16-18 New Philippine Plants
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