Entada
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483.
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Family
Mimosaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Description - Lianas; stems unarmed or spiny. Leaves alternate, bipinnate, sometimes with a terminal tendril; pinnae opposite; leaflets numerous, opposite; petioles with or without nectariferous glands; stipules small, setaceous; stipels minute. Flowers bisexual, produced on spikes arranged in paniculate inflorescences; bracts minute. Calyx campanulate or crateriform, of 5 small sepals; corolla of free petals; stamens 10, exserted, the filaments free at the base, the anthers with a deciduous apical gland; ovary superior, subsessile, with numerous ovules, the style filiform. Fruit an oblong legume, straight or recurved, flattened, articulate between the seeds, the margins thickened, separating from the valves when ripe; seeds flattened, circular or reniform. A genus of about 15 species, of pantropical distribution.