Fabaceae

Nicker bean

Entada gigas (L.) Fawc. & Rendle

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Entada

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Nicker bean (Entada gigas) — FruitPhoto: Martín Sánchez Vilchis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (4)

English: Nicker bean
French: Cœur de la mer
Haitian Creole: Lyann bèf
Tamil: கடல் இதயம்

Synonyms

Entada gigalobium DC.
Entada gigas subsp. planoseminata (De Wild.) Baker f.
Entada gigas subsp. rectocarpa (De Wild.) Baker f.
Entada gigas subsp. umbonata (De Wild.) Baker f.
Entada planoseminata (De Wild.) G.C.C.Gilbert & Bout
Entada planoseminata (De Wild.) G.C.C.Gilbert & Boutique
Entada scandens subsp. planoseminata De Wild.
Entada scandens subsp. rectocarpa De Wild.
Entada scandens subsp. umbonata De Wild.
Entada umbonata (De Wild.) G.C.C.Gilbert & Bout
Entada umbonata (De Wild.) G.C.C.Gilbert & Boutique
Mimosa gigas L.

Photos

FruitPhoto: Martín Sánchez Vilchis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: River Ahlquist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Saint Fédriche NDZAI, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Juan Carlos A. Fierro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ben G., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Arn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: bewambay, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Salil Kumar Mukherjee, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Chet Burrier, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.