Entada rheedii

Entada rheedii Spreng. (fr. Tungareshwar) – Flowers, Fruit, Seed : VG-MAY-09 : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5)
The climbing Entada rheedii has been past its peak florescence with a profusion of withered flower spikes pervading the forest floor. Only a few springtime sprigs lingered in the blazing summer sun. The fresh flowers bear white stamens that turn yellow. The fruit was elusive except for a solitary pod high up in the ramifications of the forest.
Observed in Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary on the 15th of May, 2016 (courtesy of …).

Thank you … for wonderfully presenting Entada rheedi.
Appreciate your pictures as well as the apt description.. This liana always fascinated me.
I still have a seed of entada which I had picked up from the forest floor years ago. 

Many thanks, …, for your kind comments. It is a fascinating plant indeed.

these seeds are sold in puja samgri stores here some times
used to iron the thin mulmul (addy cotton) kurta sleeves here in bengal. nothing else works.

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That is interesting. Curious to know the name under which it is sold in Bengal.

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The process of wrinkling is called GILE  and the fruit is called Gilephal (in Bangali script it is … গীলেফল and in Hindi script you read it as गीलेफल).but next time i go to that bazaar i will definitely ask and write it down if there is any colloquial botanical name.  lI’ll et you know unless … knows it. just added him in the address.
Bapalal Vaidya in his Nighantu Adarsh book mentions an elephant creeeper and describes what seems to be this vine. he says its name in bengal is GILA and in Assam: GIla-leva. But spells it as Entada phaseoloides Merrill syn. of E. Scandens. (page 355, in its Purvardha volume). He says it grows in Assam, Himalayas and Andaman islands.
I found these two last names listed as synonyms in this site.

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Thank you, …, for all the interesting information.

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Entada Rheedii : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)

I got the seeds sold asPaparan kottaiin Kolli hills when I visited recently that can be used for leg pain. (Entada.Jpg attached -Photo taken by me).

If you know Tamil:

1. https://goo.gl/9TVLo5

2. https://goo.gl/FkPypM

(tamil.thehindu.com)

else read the attachment in English.

Another article in net:

eptrienvis.pdf

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Very nice presentation, …

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It was bit over detailed. I will try to summarize it and publish ASAP as I was bit exhausted converting Tamil to English.

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I’d plz this seed : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)

Entada

Yes, I did.

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Tree’s sporting the summer look #14 of 15 | The giant Liana – Gilla Theega- Entada Pursaetha – efloraofindia | Google Groups
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1. Jack fruit – Bikke – -Malnad kind
2.  To be identified
3. Ficus auriculata – Elephant ear fig tree
4. fallen Coconut fruit
5. Kasaraka – Strychnos nux-vomica (Poisonous)
6.
7. Matti (?)
8. Pilli Hannu (fruit) (Edible)
9.
10.
11. Rampatre- Myristica malabarica
12. Uppage – Gamboge tree, Garcinia gummi-gutta
13.  Syzigium caryophyllatum, Dwarf black plum tree  / Indian blackberry
14. To be identified
Unchalli & hegde katta, Uttara Kannada
Western ghats, Karnataka
Photo date: 24 Jun 2009

– Number 6 seems to be the seeds of Entada scandens (Sword bean), a woody liana, Mimosoideae, a sub family of Leguminosae.

– 1. Looks more like Pandanus
2. Olea dioica? or Cassine glauca?
6. … is right, its most likely Entada
7. Agree with Pankaj, Terminalia tomentosa
8. Syzigium philaroides i.e. Eugenia mooniana
9. Could be seeds of Garcinia morella or some sapotaceae such as
Crysophyllum
10. Looks like seed of Strychnos but its too large as compared to the fruit
11. Knema attenuata

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Entada rheedei VS. Entada scandens:
Are both: Entada (rheedei and scandens) find distributed in our country ? Are they native ? Any easy key to differentiate them ?

– Entada scandens is a synonym of E.rheedei. It is fairly widely distributed all over the country and recently encountered it even in the Garo Hills, Meghalaya. Check for it in Khandala & Phansad.

– Let me add, E. scandens auct. non Bth. is a synonym of E. rheedeiSpreng. The distribution is C. and E. Himalayas, Nepal, W. ghats and Sri Lanka.

– Common name sea bean and African dream herb. I have seen this in Tamil Nadu (outskirts of Chennai on many locations) and of course in Karnataka also.  Sea Bean is native to South Asia, Africa and Australia. Its leaves are dried and smoked to induce vivid dreams. That is why the name African Dream Herb.

– Did not know about E. scandens auct. non Bth

My query arose because Entada scandens does not appear as a synonym at NPGS / GRIN …
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?412130
AND Entada scandens (L.) Benth. is put as synonym of Entada phaseoloides (L.) Merr. …
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?411955 which is not distributed in Indian subcontinent.

– Forgot to mention – closer home, have also seen it on the Tulsi trail in the Borivali N.P. and an aggregation of huge climbers above the Kanheri caves on the trek from Mama Bhanja.

–  … me too have observed mighty lianes in inner hills of Yeoor and Kanheri. A bit far: Karnala … and possibly in some core parts of Tungar hills.

Yes this is Entada rheedii.

A huge Entada Rheedii in Bangalore: During my attendence at the Students Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS) in Bangalore I was shown a huge liana, Entada rheedei growing in the IISc Campus. I believe it was planted some 23 years ago and is thriving well outside its moist forest zone in the western ghats.

wonderful to see it thriving… thank you for sharing….
but lianas in jungle need sturdy trees around to anchor themselves and grow on…
what trees were there to support this liana that you photographed?

Fabaceae – Mimosoideae- week Entada from Coimbatore.:
Sharing the images of Woody climbing vine Entada pursaetha.
Unfortunately I dont have the habitat and other pictures. except the seed and seed pod.
This was taken by one of my friend Dr. NVK Ashraf (1995-1996).

[EfloraIndia_Fabaceae-Mimosoideae (Mimosaceae) Week_020112PD01_Entada rheedii Flora of Odisha]:
sharing the images of one of the rare medicinal liana from Ranpur, Nayagarh which has already been shared earlier. This is the only climber as already mention by … in his introductory write up on family Mimosaceae.

entada sp???

As per Catalogue of Life also, Entada phaseoloides sensu auct. is the misapplied name for Entada rheedii Spreng.

:referenced Entada pursaetha subsp. sinohimalensis Grierson & D.G.Long in in Fabaceae in Table 1 in following paper as item 298 in
Traditional use and management of NTFPs in Kangchenjunga Landscape: implications for conservation and livelihoods Yadav Uprety1*, Ram C. Poudel2, Janita Gurung3, Nakul Chettri3 and Ram P. Chaudhary1,4 in  Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2016) 12:19 DOI 10.1186/s13002-016-0089-8