Entada nudiflora
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Habit
Margin of Chipya and riverine woodland
Kaputa GMA, Nsama District
May 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Habit
Margin of Chipya and riverine woodland
Kaputa GMA, Nsama District
May 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Inflorescence
Margin of Chipya and riverine woodland
Kaputa GMA, Nsama District
May 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Margin of Chipya and riverine woodland
Kaputa GMA, Nsama District
May 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Margin of Chipya and riverine woodland
Kaputa GMA, Nsama District
May 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Rare |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Slender woody climber to 3 m high, unarmed; young branchlets glabrous. Leaves with 2-3 pairs of pinnae; one or more of the pinnae, usually terminal, sometimes modified to a tendril; leaflets 18-25 pairs, 6-13ยท5 x 1-1.75 mm, linear to linear-oblong, rounded to subacute and mucronate at the apex, asymmetric at the base, glabrous or almost so, lateral nerves not visible beneath. Racemes axillary, solitary, always produced when the plant is leafless, often aggregated on short shoots or occupying terminal parts of shoots, 2.5 cm long (not including the 10-30 mm long peduncle), glabrous, dense-flowered. Flowers dark-purple, sessile or almost so. Calyx c. 2.5 mm long. Petals 3.5 mm long. Stamen-filaments 6-8 mm long. Pods c. 25-28 x 3-3.4 cm, flat, subcoriaceous, falcately curved, with a stipe c. 1.5-2 cm long. Seeds c. 10 x 6.5 mm |
| Type location: |
Zambia |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | nudiflora: naked-flowered or with fully exposed flowers, a reference to the fact that the plant flowers when leafless. |
| Habitat: | Deciduous thicket and scrub and Brachystegia allenii woodland, often on rocky hillsides but also on sandy soils |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Apr - Jun |
| Worldwide distribution: | North eastern Zambia and south western Tanzania, confined along the southern parts of Lake Tanganyika. |
| FZ divisions: | N |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, liane. |
| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 13 May 2025 |
| Literature: |
Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Pages 22 - 23. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Entada nudifloraAfrican Plant Database: Entada nudiflora
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Entada nudiflora
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Entada nudiflora
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Entada nudiflora
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