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Entada spiralis

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Ridley

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Johore - Malaysia
• Singapore
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Secondary vegetation
• primary and secondary rain forest
• lowland forest
• coastal forest
• swamp forest

Flowering Times

• All year (Malesia)

Fruiting Times

• Dec (Malesia)

Woody climber to 25m+ or shrub, with flattened spiral stem, tomentose bipinnate leaves with 3 or 4 pairs leaflets to 65mm x 30mm. Axillary spikes of yellowish flowers, green calyx to 1mm, glabrous white petals to 3mm, coiled woody pods to 1800mm x 60mm

Further References

• FOSi
• The Plant List 2
• Flora Malesiana
• GBS