Entada rheedei

Entada rheedei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Mimoseae
Genus: Entada
Species: Entada rheedei
Subspecies: E. r. subsp. rheedei –E. r. subsp. sinohimalensis

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Zaïre Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Sudan Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Regional: South Tropical Africa Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe Regional: Southern Africa KwaZulu-Natal Regional: Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Madagascar Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast, Tibet Regional: Eastern Asia Taiwan, Nansei-shoto Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Laccadive Is., Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka Regional: Indo-China Andaman Is., Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Christmas I. Regional: Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Is. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Northern Territory, Queensland Continental: Pacific Regional: Northwestern Pacific Marianas References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Name

Entada rheedei Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 325 (1825)

References

Primary references

• Sprengel, C. 1825. Caroli Linnaei, ... Systema vegetabilium. Ed. 16. Vol. II: Classis 6–15. 939 pp. Sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae, Gottingae [Göttingen]. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Entada rheedei in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 18 December 2025.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Entada rheedei. Published online. Accessed: 18 December 2025. Reference page.
• WFO Plant List 2025. Entada rheedei. Published online. Accessed: 18 December 2025.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. Entada rheedei. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Accessed: 18 December 2025.

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