Entada tuberosa var. tuberosa

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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]

Taxonomy

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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 ()
        Tribe: Mimoseae ()
        Genus: Entada () - Adanson, 1763, nom. cons.
        Specific epithet: tuberosa - R.Vig.
        Variety: tuberosa
        Botanical name: - Entada tuberosa var. tuberosa R.Vig.