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Entada abyssinica A.Rich.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Entada Adans.

Entada abyssinica A.Rich. [Accepted]
    Entadopsis Britton abyssinica (A.Rich.)G.Gilbert & Boutique {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [1]; Benin (N) [11]; Burkina (N) [8]
    Cameroon (N) [11]; Central African Rep. (N) [8]
    Ethiopia (N) [1]; Ghana (N) [11]; Guinea (N) [11]
    Ivory Coast (N) [11]; Kenya (N) [1]; Malawi (N) [6]
    Mali (N) [11]; Mozambique (N) [1]; Nigeria (N) [11]
    Rwanda (N) [7]; Sierra Leone (N) [1]; Somalia (N) [1764]
    Sudan (N) [29]; Tanzania (N) [1]; Togo (N) [11]
    Uganda (N) [1]; Zaire (N) [7]; Zambia (N) [6]
    Zimbabwe (N) [1]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transitional zone; wooded grassland. [11]
    Guinea-Congolia/Zambezia regional transition zone; wooded grassland. [7]
    Guineo-Congolian wooded grassland. [7], Somalia-Masai wooded grasslands. [1]
    Zambezian woodland [6]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Medicine [1785,14]

  
NOTES: -

DATA SOURCES:

1.

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

6.

   Brenan,J.P.M., 1970
    Mimosoideae.In:Flora Zambeziaca Vol.3(1).Brenan,JPM et al.
    Mimosoideae.In:Flora Zambeziaca Vol.3(1).Brenan,JPM et al.

7.

   Robyns,W.(Ed.), 1952
    Flore du Congo Belge,Vol.3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae.
    Flore du Congo Belge,Vol.3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae.

8.

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

11.

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

14.

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

29.

   Andrews,F.W., 1952
    The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan;Vol.2.
    The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan;Vol.2.

1764.

   Thulin,M., 1989
    Nordic J.Bot. 8:457-488.new/noteworthy legumes NE Trop.Afr.
    Nordic J.Bot. 8:457-488.new/noteworthy legumes NE Trop.Afr.

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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