Entada
(the Malabar name of one of the species). SYN. Adenopodia. ORD. Leguminosae. A genus of stove climbing shrubs. Flowers white, sessile or shortly stalked, hermaphrodite or polygamous, disposed in dense spikes. Leaves bipinnate. Stems unarmed. There are about ten species, of which the one given below is the best. For culture, see Mimosa.
E. Pursaetha (Pursaetha). A synonym of E. scandens.
E. scandens (climbing). fl. about 1 1/2in. long, in long slender spikes, either solitary or in the upper axils, or forming a terminal panicle; calyx very small, truncate, or minutely toothed; petals lanceolate, rigid, becoming at length quite separate. l. long-stalked; rachis usually ending in a tendril; pinnae stalked, mostly four; leaflets oblong or obovate, 1in. to 2in. long, rigidly coriaceous. Legume woody, attaining 2ft. to 4ft. in length, and 3in. to 4in. breadth. A woody climber. This is the common Sword Bean of the East and West Indies and tropical Pacific. SYNS. E. Pursoetha and Mimosa scandens.