Entada phaseoloides (L.) Merr.

St. Thomas bean FabaceaePossibly indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (known only from one location on Kauai) Kauai (Cultivated)The tough stems are used for coarse cables and jump ropes. The lianas provide a potable, watery sap that is drunk in times of need. In Tonga, it is used for medicinal purposes and formerly the large seeds were used as a throwing piece in native games.Polynesian Names: Fue inu (Samoa); Kaka (Cooks); Sipi (Uvea); Tipi (Futuna); Valai? (Futuna); Wa lai (Fiji).The seeds are called Tifa or Tupe in Samoa; and Paanga, Sipi, or Valai in Tonga.EtymologyThe generic name Entada is derived from a Malabar name used by van Rheede for the genus of giant seeds that float across oceans. Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede (1636-1691) was a Dutch naturalist, governor of Cochin in Indi.The specific epithet is from the Latin phaseolus, that the Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides (40-90 C.E.) used for a kind of bean, phaselus, phaseli. The suffix -oides means similar or resembling.nativeplants.hawaii.edu

St. Thomas bean FabaceaePossibly indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (known only from one location on Kauai) Kauai (Cultivated)The tough stems are used for coarse cables and jump ropes. The lianas provide a potable, watery sap that is drunk in times of need. In Tonga, it is used for medicinal purposes and formerly the large seeds were used as a throwing piece in native games.Polynesian Names: Fue inu (Samoa); Kaka (Cooks); Sipi (Uvea); Tipi (Futuna); Valai? (Futuna); Wa lai (Fiji).The seeds are called Tifa or Tupe in Samoa; and Paanga, Sipi, or Valai in Tonga.EtymologyThe generic name Entada is derived from a Malabar name used by van Rheede for the genus of giant seeds that float across oceans. Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede (1636-1691) was a Dutch naturalist, governor of Cochin in Indi.The specific epithet is from the Latin phaseolus, that the Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides (40-90 C.E.) used for a kind of bean, phaselus, phaseli. The suffix -oides means similar or resembling. nativeplants.hawaii.edu

St. Thomas bean FabaceaePossibly indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (known only from one location on Kauai) Kauai (Cultivated)Inside the pod are seeds nearly the size of a man's palmHabitwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5491304504/in/datetaken-...The tough stems are used for coarse cables and jump ropes. The lianas provide a potable, watery sap that is drunk in times of need. In Tonga, it is used for medicinal purposes and formerly the large seeds were used as a throwing piece in native games.Polynesian Names: Fue inu (Samoa); Kaka (Cooks); Sipi (Uvea); Tipi (Futuna); Valai? (Futuna); Wa lai (Fiji).The seeds are called Tifa or Tupe in Samoa; and Paanga, Sipi, or Valai in Tonga.EtymologyThe generic name Entada is derived from a Malabar name used by van Rheede for the genus of giant seeds that float across oceans. Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede (1636-1691) was a Dutch naturalist, governor of Cochin in Indi.The specific epithet is from the Latin phaseolus, that the Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides (40-90 C.E.) used for a kind of bean, phaselus, phaseli. The suffix -oides means similar or resembling.nativeplants.hawaii.edu

St. Thomas bean FabaceaePossibly indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (known only from one location on Kauai) Kauai (Cultivated)The tough stems are used for coarse cables and jump ropes. The lianas provide a potable, watery sap that is drunk in times of need. In Tonga, it is used for medicinal purposes and formerly the large seeds were used as a throwing piece in native games.Polynesian Names: Fue inu (Samoa); Kaka (Cooks); Sipi (Uvea); Tipi (Futuna); Valai? (Futuna); Wa lai (Fiji).The seeds are called Tifa or Tupe in Samoa; and Paanga, Sipi, or Valai in Tonga.EtymologyThe generic name Entada is derived from a Malabar name used by van Rheede for the genus of giant seeds that float across oceans. Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede (1636-1691) was a Dutch naturalist, governor of Cochin in Indi.The specific epithet is from the Latin phaseolus, that the Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides (40-90 C.E.) used for a kind of bean, phaselus, phaseli. The suffix -oides means similar or resembling.nativeplants.hawaii.edu

Cromarty, Queensland, Australia

St. Thomas bean FabaceaePossibly indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (known only from one location on Kauai) Kauai (Cultivated)The pods can be 4-6 feet long, and contain from 10-20 seeds nearly the size of a man's palmFlowerswww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5491307518/in/datetaken-...Closeup of podwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5491305130/in/datetaken-...Lianaswww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5490705567/in/datetaken-...www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5491308186/in/datetaken-...The tough stems are used for coarse cables and jump ropes. The lianas provide a potable, watery sap that is drunk in times of need. In Tonga, it is used for medicinal purposes and formerly the large seeds were used as a throwing piece in native games.Polynesian Names: Fue inu (Samoa); Kaka (Cooks); Sipi (Uvea); Tipi (Futuna); Valai? (Futuna); Wa lai (Fiji).The seeds are called Tifa or Tupe in Samoa; and Paanga, Sipi, or Valai in Tonga.EtymologyThe generic name Entada is derived from a Malabar name used by van Rheede for the genus of giant seeds that float across oceans. Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede (1636-1691) was a Dutch naturalist, governor of Cochin in Indi.The specific epithet is from the Latin phaseolus, that the Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides (40-90 C.E.) used for a kind of bean, phaselus, phaseli. The suffix -oides means similar or resembling.nativeplants.hawaii.edu

St. Thomas bean FabaceaePossibly indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (Very rare; known only from one location on Kauai) Kauai (Cultivated)The tough stems are used for coarse cables and jump ropes. The lianas provide a potable, watery sap that is drunk in times of need. In Tonga, it is used for medicinal purposes and formerly the large seeds were used as a throwing piece in native games.Polynesian Names: Fue inu (Samoa); Kaka (Cooks); Sipi (Uvea); Tipi (Futuna); Valai? (Futuna); Wa lai (Fiji).The seeds are called Tifa or Tupe in Samoa; and Paanga, Sipi, or Valai in Tonga.EtymologyThe generic name Entada is derived from a Malabar name used by van Rheede for the genus of giant seeds that float across oceans. Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede (1636-1691) was a Dutch naturalist, governor of Cochin in Indi.The specific epithet is from the Latin phaseolus, that the Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides (40-90 C.E.) used for a kind of bean, phaselus, phaseli. The suffix -oides means similar or resembling.nativeplants.hawaii.edu

St. Thomas bean FabaceaePossibly indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (known only from one location on Kauai) Kauai (Cultivated)Numerous flowers in racemes up to about a foot long.The tough stems are used for coarse cables and jump ropes. The lianas provide a potable, watery sap that is drunk in times of need. In Tonga, it is used for medicinal purposes and formerly the large seeds were used as a throwing piece in native games.Polynesian Names: Fue inu (Samoa); Kaka (Cooks); Sipi (Uvea); Tipi (Futuna); Valai? (Futuna); Wa lai (Fiji).The seeds are called Tifa or Tupe in Samoa; and Paanga, Sipi, or Valai in Tonga.EtymologyThe generic name Entada is derived from a Malabar name used by van Rheede for the genus of giant seeds that float across oceans. Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede (1636-1691) was a Dutch naturalist, governor of Cochin in Indi.EtymologyThe generic name Entada is derived from a Malabar name used by van Rheede for the genus of giant seeds that float across oceans. Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede (1636-1691) was a Dutch naturalist, governor of Cochin in Indi.The specific epithet is from the Latin phaseolus, that the Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides (40-90 C.E.) used for a kind of bean, phaselus, phaseli. The suffix -oides means similar or resembling.nativeplants.hawaii.edu

Description: English: Flowers of Entada phaseoloides, Lawaki on Beqa Island, Fiji. Date: 13 October 2014, 12:47:22. Source: Own work. Author: MurielBendel.

Description: English: Flowers of Entada phaseoloides, Lawaki on Beqa Island, Fiji. Date: 13 October 2014, 12:29:20. Source: Own work. Author: MurielBendel.

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Summary.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:#f8f9fa;padding:5px;font-size:95%;border-spacing:2px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0;width:100%}.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>th{padding:4px}.mw-parser-output.fileinfo-paramfield{background:#ccf;text-align:right;padding-right:0.4em;width:15%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+div.commons-file-information-table>table{border-top:0;padding-top:0;margin-top:-8px}@media only screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table.fileinfotpl-type-information{border-spacing:0;padding:0;word-break:break-word;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody{display:block}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>th{padding:0.2em 0.4em;text-align:left;text-align:start}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+div.commons-file-information-table>table{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output.fileinfo-paramfield{box-sizing:border-box;flex:1 0 100%;width:100%}} Description: St. Thomas bean Fabaceae Possibly indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (known only from one location on Kauaʻi) Kauaʻi (Cultivated) Twisted woody lianas. The tough stems are used for coarse cables and jump ropes. The lianas provide a potable, watery sap that is drunk in times of need. In Tonga, it is used for medicinal purposes. Date: 1 March 2011, 14:17. Source: Entada phaseoloides Uploaded by Tim1357. Author: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA.

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