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Entada phaseoloides

(St. Thomas Bean)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

St Thomas-Bean, St. Thomas Bean, Wa Lai, Wataqiri

Description

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Subfamily Mimosoideae

Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly bipinnate. Corolla usually not showy, actinomorphic , sympetalous , the lobes valvate . Stamens 10-numerous, often monadelphous , showy. Pollen released in monads , tetrads , or polyads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) present. [Carr]

Physical Description

Habit: Tree , ShrubClimbing: Climbing

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,687 meters (0 to 12,096 feet).[1]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Entada formosana Kaneh. • Entada koshunensis Hayata & Kaneh. • Entada rumphii Scheff. • Entada scandens (L.)benth. • Entada tonkinensis Gagnep. • Faba marina-major Rumph. • Lens phaseoloides L. • Mimosa blancoana Litv.

Notes

Publishing author : Merr. Publication : Philippine Journal of Science C. Botany 9 1914 (Jun. 1914)

Basionym author: (L.)

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Climbing, Habit: Shrub , Habit: Tree , Lifespan: Perennial

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Entada

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

E. abyssinica (Abyssinia Entada) · E. gigas (Monkey Ladder Vine) · E. phaseoloides (St. Thomas Bean) · E. polystachya (Callingcard Vine) · E. polystachya var. polyphylla (Callingcard Vine) · E. rheedii (Liane Sabre) · E. rheedii rheedii (Liane Sabre)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 27, 2008:

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Footnotes

  1. Mean = 230.810 meters (757.251 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,391.040 based on 58 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012