Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Liane Sabre, Liane Staub
Common Names in Malagasy:
Vahankarabo, Vaheamiolana, Vaheasolana, Vahebe, Vahinikarabo, Vahinkarebao, Vihinkarabo, Voankarabo, Voheankarabo
Description
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: Shrub • Climbing: Climbing
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 30-40' tall.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,028 meters (0 to 9,934 feet).[1]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Growth
Soil: Minimum pH: 5.1 • Maximum pH: 7.5
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 10b, 11. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
()
- Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Adenanthera gogo Blanco • Entada gigalobium sensu auct. • Entada gigas (L.)Fawcett & Rendle • Entada gogo (Blanco)i. M. Johnst. • Entada phaseoloides (L.)Merr. • Entada pursaetha Dc. • Entada pusaetha Dc. • Entada rheedei Spreng. • Entada scandens sensu auct. • Entada schefferi Ridl.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Climbing, Conservation
Status: Not Threatened,
Habit: Shrub
, Lifespan: Perennial
Last scrutiny: 1994-1995
Similar Species
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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Further Reading
- Flora Malesiana. general editor, C.G.G.J. van Steenis. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff, 1950- url p. 10, p. 177, p. 178, p. 179, p. 180, p. 2, p. 5.
Notes
Contributors
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 01, 2007:
- Australian National Herbarium
- , Australian National Herbarium
- GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
- , Vascular Plant Herbarium
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2863012
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-55
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13623903
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:493874-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 427685
Footnotes
- Mean = 378.070 meters (1,240.387 feet), Standard Deviation = 969.910 based on 68 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
