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Entada rheedei

Spreng. (1825)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Entada

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Giant liana.

Stems: Stems with a 3 m girth, sometimes with prickles.

Roots: Taprooted.

Leaves: Leaves compound. Alternate. Leaves with 1–2 pairs of pinnae, leaflets (1)2–4 pairs per pinna, obliquely elliptic, 2.5–10 cm long, 1–6 cm wide. Apex caudate. Base acute. Surfaces glabrous or pubescent on midrib and margins. Leaflet margins entire. Pinnately veined. Petiolate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers numerous in racemes. Flowers mimosaceous, bisexual (perfect) or staminate. Calyx red or green, campanulate, 5-toothed. Corolla of 5 petals, green or cream, base reddish, 2–3.5 mm long. Stamens 10, exserted; 4–6 mm; filaments shortly connate; filaments shortly connate at base and adnate to corolla (only distinct in younger stages); anthers with a caducous apical gland. Ovary superior; ovules numerous.

Fruit: Pods oblong; very large; straight or curved; often very large; compressed; sutures thickened; continuous in a persistent replum; the valves transversely jointed; breaking away from sutures; and splitting into 1–seeded segments; leaving the empty replum. Seeds usually 10–20; brownish red; lenticular; 4–6 cm in diameter; compressed; smooth and glossy; enveloped by the endocarp of the loment.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Montane mesic forest.

Elevation Range: 900–1700 m.

Historical Distribution

Accepted Subtaxa (in Hawai'i) (1)

Entada rheedei subsp. rheedei

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • Considered to be an example of seed gigantism.
  • Description digitized by Rafael Domingo
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii

Bibliography

Name Published In: Syst. Veg. 2: 325 (1825)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Entada rheedei Spreng. in valley just west of kuilau trail Growing over native forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN corn, c. collector number: s.n. Kauai BISH 9/24/1977
2 Entada rheedei Spreng. Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve. Kuilau Trail off Hwy 58. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 2682 Kauai PTBG 1/13/1988
3 Entada rheedei Spreng. In valley just west of Kuilau Trail Growing over native forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Corn, C. s.n. Kauai BISH 9/24/1977
4 Entada rheedei Spreng. Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve. Kuilau Trai from Keahua Arboretum, on trailside on Moalepe side of picnic pavilion. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lynwood Hume 370 Kauai PTBG 4/7/1989
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