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Entada arenaria Schinz

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Entada Adans.

Entada arenaria Schinz [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [6]; Namibia-ISO (N) [6]; Zaire (N) [6]
    Zambia (N) [6]; Zimbabwe (N) [6]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Zambezia regional transition zone; woodland.
    Zambezian woodland [6]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Shrub
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1794]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Medicine [1794,7]

  
NOTES:
  A suffrutex. Two subspecies. Roots purgative (FCB ref.7).


DATA SOURCES:

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.

14.

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

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.

1794.

   Corby,H.D.L., 1993
    Kirkia 14:49-60.Growth and decay of rhizobial nodules of Leg
    Kirkia 14:49-60.Growth and decay of rhizobial nodules of Leg
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