Fabaceae
Entada
Entada rheedei

Entada rheedei subsp. rheedei

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Tropical & Subtropical Old World. It is a liana and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Cameroon, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Mauritius

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Flora Zambesiaca 3(1): 1-153. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Du Puy, D.J., Labat, N.-N., Rabevohitra, R., Villiers, J.-F., Bosser, J. & Moat, J. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar: 1-737. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Japan IIb: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a check-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Polhill, R.M. (1990). Flore des Mascareignes 80: 1-235. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2015). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 5: 1-529. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 7, 1955 unknown [850] Senegal Entada pursaetha K000232173 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wall [5294] Bangladesh Entada pursaetha K000756991 Unknown Type Material Yes
[H. S.-McCann] [1899] Entada pursaetha K003707759 Yes
[H. S.] [8723] Entada pursaetha K003707758 Yes
Peter, A. [20294] Tanzania Entada pursaetha K001560353 Yes
Ball, J. [5753] Entada pursaetha K003707747 Yes
Santapau, H. [2266] Entada pursaetha K003707763 Yes
Santapau, H. [2498] Entada pursaetha K003707754 Yes
[H. S.-McCann] [1906] Entada pursaetha K003707761 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5294] Nepal Entada pursaetha K001120414 Unknown Type Material Yes
Binuyo [36916] Nigeria Entada pursaetha K:SPC-15689.000 No
[H. S.-McCann] [1908] Entada pursaetha K003707764 Yes
H.S. [4097] Entada pursaetha K003707760 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5294] Entada pursaetha K001120415 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5294] Burma Entada pursaetha K001120416 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fernandez, J. [JF198] Entada pursaetha K003707751 Yes
[H. S.] [2078] Entada pursaetha K003707757 Yes
Bell, T.R.D. [5753] India Entada pursaetha K003707748 Yes
Wall [5294] Nepal Entada pursaetha K000756992 Type Yes
Saldanha, C.J. [12840] India Entada pursaetha K003707765 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 5294] Entada pursaetha K001120413 Unknown Type Material Yes
Santapau, H. [8726] India Entada pursaetha K003707762 Yes
Wall [5294] Nepal Entada pursaetha K000756990 Type Yes
Irani, N.A. [NI1880] Entada pursaetha K003707749 Yes
Takeuchi, W.; Towati, A.; Ama, D. [17890] Papua New Guinea Entada pursaetha K001088526 Yes
Santapau, H. [4472] Entada pursaetha K003707753 Yes
[HS.-McCann] [1898] India Entada pursaetha K003707755 Yes
Santapau, H. [17782] India Entada pursaetha K003707750 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Entada pursaetha K003707752 Yes
Santapau, H. [4098] Entada pursaetha K003707756 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5293] Malaysia Entada monostachya K001120412 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images