Entada pervillei (Vatke) R.Vig.
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Filed As
Mimosaceae
Entada pervillei (Vatke) R.Vig. -
Identifiers
NY Barcode: 04793431
Occurrence ID: f8c3caed-ac2e-4072-8ee6-d5b8baaa00db
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Fabales
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Family
Fabaceae
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All Determinations
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Location Notes
[Africa]
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Distribution
1*11 FLORA OF MADAGASCAR Entada pervillei (Vatke) R. Viguier E Madagascar, Toamasina (Tamatave) Province, NE of Maroansetra, in flat region c. 2 km East of Sahavary river valley, c. 7 km east of Sahavary. Map Ref.: 15°19'S 49°51'E Very damp, flat area of forest c. 20-25 tall, with numerous slender trees, Pandanus and Vonitra palms, on very peaty covered soil, on white sand. Alt. c. 380 m Tree to c. 20 m tall, with unbranched trunk to c. 10 m; DBH c. 20-25 cm; bark pale, greyish, with fawn lenticels and short, narrow, shallow vertical fissures, but otherwise smooth; slash cream, bark thin. Leaves tending to cluster at the branchlet tips, with (5)9-12 pairs of pinnae; rhachis grooved above, without glands; leaflets small, mid to deep green above, glossy, slightly paler beneath, coriaceous. Large, flat, red-stained pods held in large terminal branched infructescences, originally erect but pulled down by the pendulous clusters of pods. (Pods in full light bright red). D.J. & B.P. Du Puy 26.4.89 M212 04793431
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Entada pervillei (Vatke) R.Vig.