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The pounded seeds are used to give a flavour (of Indian Soy) to 

 native dishes (Barter, Herb. Kew) by the natives for making soup, 

 and also as a fish poison in Lagos (Dawodu, Herb. Kew). 



The wood weighs 39 lbs. per cubic foot, and is of little value (Bull. 

 Imp. Inst. 1909, p. 21) ; the branches are used by the natives for 

 making hoe handles (Thompson, List, of For. Trees, S. Nig. 1910, p. 5). 



The bark contains from 12-14 per cent, of tannin (Ball. Imp. Inst. 

 1906, p. 96), and as a tanning material is stated to be worth about 

 £2 10s. per ton ; suitable only for the production of second class 

 or lower graSfe leathers (I.e. p. 97). 



Propagated by seed. The tree occurs in the dry open forests of 

 S. Nigeria (Thompson, Col. Rep. Misc. No. 51, 1908, p. 62) ; and in 

 the Shaki district its destruction is prohibited by law {idem, Rep. on 

 Meko and Shaki Dist. No. 25, 1910, S. Nigeria, p. 4). 



Be/.— "Pods of Parkia filicoidea" in Col. Rep. Misc. No. 31,1905, 

 N. Nigeria, Dunstan, pp. 22-23, with analysis. 



Entada, Adams. 

 Entada scandens, Benth. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 325. 



Til. — Rheede, Hort. Mai. viii. tt. 32-34 ; ix. t. 77 (Mimosascandens) ; 

 Rumpf, Amb. v. t. 4 (M. scandens) ; Ralph, Ic. Carp. t. 6, f. 3 ; 

 Scheffer, Natuurk Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxxii. 1873, tt, 16-18 

 (E. Pursaetha and E. Rumphu) ; Vidal, Fl. For. Filip. t. 44a (pod 

 and seed) ; De Rochebrune, Toxicol. Afric. ii. fasc. 1, f. 118, f. 122 

 (pod) ; De Wildeman, Etude Fl. Bas. Congo, ii. t. 75 ; Contr. U. S. 

 Nat. Herb. ix. t. 56 (Lens phaseoloides). 



Vernac. names. — Fuse," Fugi, or Quifuge (Golungo Alto, Welwitsch, 

 De Rochebrune) ; [Neke (Zigona), Marokoh (Momboutton) De Roche- 

 brune'] ; [Mutagusi (Echuabo), Mtaburi (Swahili) Sim~\ ; Gogo 

 (Manila, Archer) ; Gaye, Gadze, Gayi, Lodusong, or Bayog (Guam.) ; 

 Gogo, Goyongbakai, Bayogo, or Balones (Philippines), Boja (Cuba), 

 Tupe (Samoa), Kaka (Raratonga), Cacoon (W. Indies) Safford~\ ; 

 Poospatta (Ceylon, Thwaites) ; Makbo (Laos, Becket). — Sea-bean, 

 Matchbox bean, Snuffbox bean, West Indian Filbert, Sword bean. 



Apomu, S. Nigeria. Widely distributed in West Africa and 

 throughout the Tropics. 



The pod of this plant is the largest known, attaining sometimes 

 4 feet in length. In Angola the seed is used as a fetish or charm 

 (Monteiro, Angola, i. p. 249). They are a common drift seed, and 

 are often made into matchboxes, snuffboxes, spoons, etc. A native 

 snuffbox made of the seed, from Abeokuta, is in the Kew Museum. 



The rough stem fibres are used locally in many countries for 

 making ropes. The bark is used in the Philippines as soap and for 

 medicinal purposes (Tavera, seq.). Fish traps are made of the green 

 stems in Guam (Safford, PI. Guam, p. 308) ; Moloney (For. W. Afr. 

 p. 339) mentions some minor uses of the plant in India and Java. 



Ref. — " Entada scandens" in Toxicologic Africaine, De Roche- 

 brune, ii. fasc. 1, pp. 132-138 ; Botanique, Historique, Chimie, 



Physiologie, Therapeutic. "Mackay Bean, the seed of Entada 



scandens" Moss, in Pharm. Journ. [3] xviii. 1887, pp. 242-243. 



" Entada scandens" in Med. PI. Philippines, Tavera, pp. 106-107. 



Entada sudanica, Schweinf. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 327. 

 Til. — Schweinf. Reliq. Kotschyanae, tt. 8, 9. 



