Herbarium JCB

Entada pusaetha DC.

Family : FABACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Subfamily : Mimosoideae
Species : Entada pusaetha
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Entada rheedii Spreng.
Common name : Calling Card Vine
Vernacular name : Hallekaayi-balli, Palle-kaayi (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 1101, KFP 6270
Key identification features : A large, prolific, unarmed, woody climber. Leaves are pinnately compound, the ultimate pinnae being tendrillar. Flowers are tiny (less than 0.5 cm long) in long narrow spikes with exserted stamens. Pods are broad, flat, woody and long (up to 5 ft) consisting of many discoid, one-seeded joints.
Habit : Liana
Native : India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Africa
Comments : Frequent along river banks in semi-evergreen forests. Seeds are sometimes used as substitute for washing soap.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Uttara Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara