Fabaceae
Eland's wattle
Entada elephantina
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Entada
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Common names
By language (4)
- Afrikaans
- Elandsboontjie, Olifantswortel, Baswortel
- Chinese
- 南非漆树豆, 块根含羞草, 象足豆
- English
- Eland's wattle, Elephant's root
- Shona
- Chizezepasi
Synonyms
- Acacia elephantina Burch.
- Acacia elephantorrhiza Burch. ex DC.
- Elephantorrhiza burchellii Benth.
- Elephantorrhiza elephantina (Burch.) Skeels
- Prosopis elephantina (Burch.) E.Mey.
- Prosopis elephantorrhiza Spreng.
Flowers
- In flower
- October (from 132 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.