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Entada polystachya

(Callingcard Vine)

Overview

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Callingcard Vine

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

Species Entada polystachya

Liane especially common by the sea or along lowland rivers . 2-6 pairs pinnae, but the end pair often transformed into tendrils , then without leaflets ; otherwise 6-8 pairs leaflets, hairless or with a few on the midrib below. Flowers white, in spikes but many of these aggregated into a massibve panicle 30-60cm long. Pod 20-40 x 5-8cm, ripening to papery , splitting between the seeds.

Habit: Shrub , Vine , Tree

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,267 meters (0 to 7,438 feet).[1]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Acacia caudata Dc. • Adenanthera bonplandiana Kunth • Adenopodia polystachya (L.) J. R. Dixon Ex Croat • Adenopodia polystachya (L.)croat • Entada plumieri Spreng. • Entada polystachya< /i> (L.) Dc. • Entadopsis polystachya (L.) Britton • Entadopsis polystachya (L.)britton & Rose • Inga polystachya (L.) Scop. • Mimosa bipinnata Aubl. • Mimosa caudata Vahl • Mimosa chiliantha G. Mey. • Mimosa polystachya L.

Notes

Publishing author : DC. Publication : M?m. L?gum. 434, t. 61 1825

Basionym author: (L.)

Name Status: Accepted Name .

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

Last scrutiny: 1994-1995

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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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:

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Footnotes

  1. Mean = 210.040 meters (689.108 feet), Standard Deviation = 528.540 based on 337 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012