1. Entada.] 41. M1M0SACEM. [2. Leucjena. 



1, Entada, Adans. 



1. E. SCandens, Benth. Karu K. ; Kari, Kharw. ; Bid- 

 hanta, S. ; Gila, Beng. 



An immense woody climber with 2-pinnate leaves ending 

 in a 2-fid tendril, solitary or fascicled axillary or extra- 

 axillary spikes 4-9" long of very numerous small green 

 flowers. Conspicuous in fruit by the immense woody 

 torulose pods, septate within and containing large discoid 

 chebnat seeds l-|-2" diam. 



Valleys in Singbhum (e.g., Samta and Poradih ga*aa), not common 

 Baragai hills, Wood ; Palamau, Haslett ; Rajmehal hills, common. Fls 

 April. Fr. March-April of following year. Deciduous March. 



Stem attaining 3-4 ft. girth. Branches green. Pinna 2 prs. opp. end- 

 ing in an abortive Int. Lfits. 3 prs. 2" long, nanxw-ellip. to otKvate, apex 

 emarginate. Stipules i'. Spike pubescent. Calyx |* campanuiate 

 truncate. Corolla lobes valvate green £" oblong-lanc. acute. St. 10. 

 Bracts minute linear. Pod 1-2 ft. The powdered seed mixed with ghee' 

 is eaten as an anodyne during parturition* 



Note.— The germination is hypogeal and the seedling concentrates 

 all its energy in getting to the light, so that at first the whole of the 

 leaves are converted into 2-fid. tendrils, the rachis ending in a mucro. 

 At the base of the tendrils are two minute stipules. The tendrils gyrate 

 very fast, describing many complete circles in the coarse of the day* 



2. Leucaena, Benth. 



1. L. glauca, Benth. 



A small tree with 2-pinnate leaves, 4-8 prs. of pinnae, 

 10-15 prs. of linear glaucous lfits. f-J" long. Small white 

 fls. -J" sessiie in dense heads on fascicled peduncles, or the 

 upper panicled. Pet. free from the calyx -tube and twice its 

 length. Pod about 6" by §" flat dehiscent with transverse 

 ovate seeds. 



Ch. Nagpur, Prain ; Planted about Ranchi, Wood ; Introduced 

 from America, and naturalized in parts of India. Fls. May June. Fr. 

 ripens following year. 



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