Entada

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Entada in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Entada (a Malabar name). Syn. Pusaelha. Leguminosae. Tropical woody spineless cumbers. Leaves bipinnate, often cirrhiferous: fls. not papilionaceous, white or yellow, in slender spike-like racemes which are solitary or panicled; calyx campanulate, shortly 5-toothed; petals 5, free or somewhat coherent; stamens 10, free, short-exserted: pod straight or arcuate, flat-compressed, jointed, the joints separating and leaving a continuous border.—Perhaps 20 species of high cumbers in Afr. and Amer. The genus is remarkable for the jointed pods, which sometimes reach several feet in length. Two of the American species are mentioned as planted in S. Fla. Some of the species yield "sea beans" (G. F. 7:503). ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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