Entada phaseoloides

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Entada phaseoloides (L.) Merr.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Entada parrana Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)
Entada scandens Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Lens phaseoloides L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Mimosa scandens L. (pro parte nomenclatural synonym)
Perima odorata Raf. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), ATRP_2020 (1), Apgaua_2017 (12), Buckton_2019 (129), Cheesman_2020 (12), Chen_2017 (4), Cooper_2013 (11), Gallagher_2012 (3), Kooyman_2011 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (6). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 66 traits from 217 records in 15 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 1275 mm (1250-1300 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 100 mm (50-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 3612.82 mm2 (2517.33-3832.2 mm2) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020]
leaf_length (numerical): 87.5 mm (45-105 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_width (numerical): 42.75 mm (18-63 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 235.59 mg (135.77-307.77 mg) [sources: Buckton_2019]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 74.88 g/m2 (47.84-84.26 g/m2) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.26 g/g (0.23-0.29 g/g) [sources: Buckton_2019]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (3); climber_woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): twining (1) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): hydrochory (1) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyyyynn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 34.9 mg/g (25.5-38.39 mg/g) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.2 {delta}[ppth] (-29.18--27.42 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 50 mm (40-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
seed_width (numerical): 46.25 mm (35-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
seed_shape (categorical): discoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.37 mg/mm3 (0.26-0.44 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 2.15 {count}/mm2 (2.15-2.15 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 396.07 um (396.07-396.07 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.26 mm2/mm2 (0.26-0.26 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Buckton_2019	26	129	G. Buckton, A. W. Cheesman, N. C. Munksgaard, C. M. Wurster, M. J. Liddell, and L. A. Cernusak. “Functional traits of lianas in an Australian lowland rainforest align with post-disturbance rather than dry season advantage”. Austral Ecology 44.6 (2019), pp. 983-994. doi: 10.1111/aec.12764.
ABRS_2023	12	17	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Apgaua_2017	11	12	D. M. G. Apgaua, D. Y. P. Tng, L. A. Cernusak, A. W. Cheesman, R. M. Santos, W. J. Edwards, and S. G. W. Laurance. “Plant functional groups within a tropical forest exhibit different wood functional anatomy”. Functional Ecology 31.3 (2017), pp. 582-591. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12787.
Cheesman_2020	12	12	A. W. Cheesman, H. Duff, K. Hill, L. A. Cernusak, and F. A. McInerney. “Isotopic and morphologic proxies for reconstructing light environment and leaf function of fossil leaves: A modern calibration in the Daintree Rainforest, Australia”. American Journal of Botany 107 (2020), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1523.
Cooper_2013	9	11	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011	8	10	R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
Wright_2000	6	6	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
Chen_2017	4	4	Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Gallagher_2012	3	3	R. V. Gallagher and M. R. Leishman. “A global analysis of trait variation and evolution in climbing plants”. Journal of Biogeography 39.10 (2012), pp. 1757-1771. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02773.x.
ABRS_1981	2	2	B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_2020	1	1	F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.