Entada
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 Entada africana fruit
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The genus Entada consists of some 30 species of trees, shrubs and lianas of the subfamily Mimosoideae of Fabaceae.
About 21 species are known from Africa, 6 from Asia, 2 from Tropical America and one with a cosmopolitan distribution.
[edit] Principal species
- Entada abyssinica Steudel ex A. Rich.
- Entada africana
- Entada chrysostachys (Benth.) Drake
- Entada gigas (L.) Fawcett et Rendle - cœur de la mer
- Entada phaseoloides (L.) Merr.
- Entada polystachya (L.) DC.
- Entada rheedii Spreng.
