Entada polystachia
Callingcard Vine
Also known as: Acacia caudata DC. +17 more
- Acacia caudata DC.
- Acacia secundiflora Juss. ex DC.
- Adenanthera bonplandiana Kunth
- Adenopodia polystachya (L.) J.R.Dixon ex Croat
- Desmanthus caudatus (Vahl) Steud.
- Entada acaciifolia Benth.
- Entada chiliantha DC.
- Entada plumeri Spreng.
- Entada plumieri Spreng.
- Entada polystachya var. polystachya
- Entadopsis polystachya (L.) Britton
- Inga polystachya (L.) Scop.
- Mimosa bipinnata Aubl.
- Mimosa caudata Vahl
- Mimosa chiliantha G.Mey.
- Mimosa polystachya L.
- Prosopis bonplandiana Spreng.
- Pusaetha acaciifolia (Benth.) Kuntze
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Fabaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a liana.
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Entada polystachia (commonly known as Callingcard Vine) is a climbing plant belonging to the Fabaceae family. Indigenous to North America and South America, this species is primarily associated with wet tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Climber / Vine
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
NORTHERN AMERICA, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, Northern South America, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panama, Surinam, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.