Fabaceae
Matchbox bean
Entada phaseoloides
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Entada
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Common names
By language (9)
- ace
- Beuluru
- Bangla
- গিলা গাছ
- Chinese
- 榼藤, 榼藤子, 木腰子, 榼子藤, 榼藤（榼藤子）, 牛眼睛, 牛肠麻, 眼镜豆
- English
- Matchbox bean, St. Thomas bean
- Indonesian
- Bingkek
- Japanese
- モダマ, 藻玉
- lzh
- 榼藤子
- Malay
- Pokok Akar Beluru, Pokok Akar Belerang, Pokok Akar Belu, Pokok Akar Kapang, Pokok Sentok
- shn
- မၢၵ်ႇၼိမ်း
Synonyms
- Acacia scandens (L.) Willd.
- Acacia sulcata F.Dietr.
- Adenanthera gago Blanco
- Adenanthera scandens (L.) G.Forst.
- Adenanthera scandens Veill.
- Entada adenanthera DC.
- Entada gandu Hoffmanns.
- Entada parrana Spreng.
- Entada rumphii Scheff.
- Entada scandens (L.) Benth.
- Entada scandens var. aequilatera Domin
- Entada scandens var. discosperma Jum. & H.Perrier
- Faba marina-major Rumph.
- Gigalobium scandens (L.) Hitchc.
- Lens phaseoloides L.
- Mimosa blancoana Llanos
- Mimosa scandens L.
- Perima odorata Raf.
- Prosopis scandens (L.) Stokes
- Pusaetha scandens (L.) Kuntze
- Strepsilobus scandens (L.) Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- April, November (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Pacific Basin: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: catchwords, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: calou Carolus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Dieter Albrecht, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Chao 江星辰, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 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.