Fabaceae
Entada

Entada wahlbergii Harv.

First published in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 2: 277 (1862)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Leguminosae, J.P.M. Brenan. Flora Zambesiaca 3:1. 1970

Morphology General Habit
Slender woody climber up to 3 m. high or more, unarmed; young branchlets glabrous, flexuous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves with (1)2(3) pairs of pinnae; one or more of the pinnae, usually terminal, sometimes modified to a tendril or spirally twisted at the base and bearing leaflets above; leaflets 9-18 pairs, 8-19 x 1·5-6 mm., rounded and usually mucronate at the apex, asymmetric at the base, glabrous, lateral nerves not or scarcely visible beneath.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes axillary, solitary, often aggregated on short leafless shoots or occupying terminal parts of shoots, 3-6 cm. long (not including the 4-10 (35?) mm. long peduncle), glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers dark purple or red, on pedicels 1-1·5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 1·5 mm. long, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 3-3·5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamen-filaments 4-6·5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods c. 11-30 x 2·9-4·4 cm., flat, subcoriaceous, falcately curved, with a stipe 1-2 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds c. 10-11 x 7-10 mm.
[FZ]

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Slender woody climber to 3 m. high or more, unarmed.
Morphology Branches
Young branchlets glabrous, flexuous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves with (1–)2(–3) pairs of pinnae; one or more of the pinnae, usually terminal, sometimes modified to a tendril, or spirally twisted at base and bearing leaflets above; leaflets 9–18 pairs, narrowly oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, 0.8–1.6 cm. long, 1.5–4.25 mm. wide, rounded and usually mucronate at apex, asymmetric at base, glabrous, lateral nerves not or scarcely visible beneath.
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules minute, inconspicuous, to 1.5 mm. long, not divergent nor spinous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes axillary, solitary, often aggregated on short leafless shoots or occupying terminal parts of shoots, 3–6 cm. long (not including the 4–10(–35?) mm. long peduncle), glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers dark purple or red, on pedicels 1–1.5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx glabrous, 1–1.5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 3–3.5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamen-filaments 4–6.5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods about 11–23 cm. long, 2.9–3.8 cm. wide, flat, subcoriaceous, falcately curved, with a stipe 1–2 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds about 10–11 mm. long and 7–8 mm. wide.
Habitat
Wooded grassland; 610–1070 m.
Distribution
Portuguese Guinea and French Sudan to NigeriaBelgian Congo, the Sudan,? Northern Rhodesia, Natal. T4 U1 U2
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Sudanian wooded grassland, Zambezian wooded grassland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing, Shrub
[ILDIS]

Mimosaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
Suffrutex, with slender woody stems climbing to a considerable height
Morphology Branches
Branchlets very zigzag
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers brown-purple
Ecology
In savannah.
[FWTA]

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