Entada reticulata Gagnep., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 2: 59. 1911.

Type.

LAOS. Bassac, Thorel 1427, p.p. (holotype: P [P030131, P030132]).

Description.

Shrub, scandent. Leaves: petiole 1.3-2.3 cm long, rachis 3.5-5 cm long, terminating in a bifurcating tendril; pinnae 2 pairs per leaf, 5-7 cm long, with 8-16 pairs of opposite leaflets; leaflets 0.6-1.8 × 0.2-0.4 cm, oblong, apex mucronate, base obtuse, lamina glabrous except for pubescence on mid-rib below. Inflorescence: a 5-8 cm long, axillary, solitary spike, axis pubescent. Flowers: sessile, staminate or bisexual; calyx cupular, 0.8-1.5 mm long, shallowly toothed, glabrous; petals 3-3.5 mm long, linear-lanceolate. Fruit: a straight to slightly curved torulose craspedium, 5.5-11.5 × 1.5 cm, with transverse septa between seeds dividing the fruit into one-seeded segments which, upon ripening, fall from the persistent replum; segments 1.3-1.5 cm long; epicarp coriaceous, endocarp parchment-like. Seeds: globose, 0.85 cm in diameter, hard, brown, pleurogram lacking.

Distribution.

Laos, Cambodia.

Habitat and ecology.

Seasonally dry deciduous forest or mixed forest with Dipterocarpaceae .