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Entada rangei

Elephantorrhiza suffruticosa

Entada rangei
Photo: iNaturalist user: dune_ninja, CC0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub

About

Entada rangei, commonly known as the skew-leaved elephant-root, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a deciduous, multi-stemmed shrub or rarely a tree of 4 to 8 meters tall, which may be found on hills as well as plains. The type material was obtained south of Humbe, Angola. E. rangei of southern Namibia is now considered a synonym.

Where it grows

It is native to Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, northern South Africa, southern Angola and northwestern Namibia. An isolated population is present in southern Namibia. The species is not threatened.

Other Elephantorrhiza plants

Entada elephantina · Broad Pod Elephant Root

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Entada rangei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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