Fabaceae
Callingcard vine
Entada polystachya
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Entada
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Callingcard vine
Synonyms
- Acacia caudata DC.
- Acacia secundiflora Juss. ex DC.
- Adenanthera bonplandiana Kunth
- Adenopodia polystachya (L.) J.R.Dixon ex Croat
- Desmanthus caudatus (Vahl) Steud.
- Entada acaciifolia Benth.
- Entada chiliantha DC.
- Entada plumeri Spreng.
- Entada plumerii Spreng.
- Entada polystachya var. polystachya
- Entadopsis polystachia (L.) Britton
- Entadopsis polystachya (L.) Britton & Rose
- Mimosa bipinnata Aubl.
- Mimosa caudata Vahl
- Mimosa chiliantha G.Mey.
- Mimosa polystachia L.
- Prosopis bonplandiana Spreng.
- Pusaetha acaciifolia (Benth.) Kuntze
- Pusaetha entada Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- January, April, June to October (from 29 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Alex Greene, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.