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Entada chrysostachys (Benth.)Drake

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Entada Adans.

Entada chrysostachys (Benth.)Drake [Preferred name]
    Adenanthera chrysostachys Benth. {Synonym}
    Entada boiviniana (Baill.)Drake {Synonym}
    Entada grandidieri (Baill.)Drake {Synonym}
    Entada kirkii Oliv. {Synonym}
    Entada sudanica var. pubescens Jum. & H.Perrier {Synonym}
    Piptadenia boiviniana Baill. {Synonym}
    Piptadenia flabellata Baill. {Synonym}
    Piptadenia grandidieri Baill. {Synonym}
    Piptadenia greveana Baill. {Synonym}
    Stachychrysum pterospermum Bojer {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Fana [3402]; Fano [3402]; Fanou [3402]; Fany [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Malawi (N) [6]; Mozambique (N) [6]; Tanzania (N) [6]; Zambia (N) [6]; Zimbabwe (N) [6]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [6, 1915, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zambezian woodland [6];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [6, 1915, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing [1915] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub, Tree [1915] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1915] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994/1995 Lewis GP ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract [3402], 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Medicine [3402]; Wood [3402]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

6.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1970
    Mimosoideae.In:Flora Zambeziaca Vol.3(1).Brenan,JPM et al.

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
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