Entada gigas

Entada gigas
Illustration from Paul Hermann Wilhelm Taubert's Natürliche Pflanzenfamilien. Vol. III, 3
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Entada
Species:	E. gigas
Binomial name
Entada gigas (L.) Fawc. & Rendle
Synonyms
Entada gigalobium DC. Entada planoseminata (De Wild.) G.C.C. Gilbert & Boutique Entada planoseminata (De Wild.) G.C.C.Gilbert & Bout Entada scandens (L.) Benth. Entada umbonata (De Wild.) G.C.C.Gilbert & Bout Entada umbonata (De Wild.) Gilbert & Boutique Mimosa gigas L. Mimosa scandens L.

Entada gigas, commonly known as the monkey-ladder, sea bean, Cœur de la Mer or Sea Heart, is a species of flowering liana in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to Central America, the Caribbean, northern South America, and Africa. It is notable for having the family's largest seedpods, which measure 12 cm (4.7 in) across and can reach 2 m (6.6 ft) in length. Inside the pods are ten to fifteen seeds, each of which have a diameter of 6 cm (2.4 in) and a thickness of 2 cm (0.79 in). The seeds contain a hollow cavity, which gives them buoyancy. After being washed by rain into rivers and then the ocean, the seeds of E. gigas drift long distances on ocean currents. Seed buoyancy and vitality lasts at least two years.

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