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Terminalia spp. including T. avicennioides, shea nut Butyrospermum parkii, Uapaca somon, Lophira lanceolata, Protea elliotii, Burkea Africana, the nationally threatened Borassus aethiopum (VU), Mitragyna inermis, Entada abyssinica with a grassy ground cover of Andropogon spp.
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A giant liana Entada phaseoloides is also prominent.
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Some other plant species such as the tropical vine Entada, also known as the sea bean produce seeds with an air space between the embryo and the seed coat, suited for longdistance flotation.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Some other plant species such as the tropical vine Entada, also known as the sea bean produce seeds with an air space between the embryo and the seed coat, suited for longdistance flotation.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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_Gogo_ (_Entada pursætha_), sometimes called _Bayogo_ in Tagálog, is a useful forest product in general demand, on sale at every market-place and native general shop.
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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[55] A tree (_Entada purseta_) which grows in most of the provinces of the Philippines.
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Gulf Stream carries with it thither, as floats from the Norwegian fisheries, with their owner's marks frequently recognisable by the walrus-hunters -- beans of _Entada gigalobium_ from the West Indies, pumice-stone from Iceland, fragments of wrecked vessels, &c. On the
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866
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The large seeds of Entada scandens are occasionally floated across the Atlantic and cast on the shores of
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 Charles Darwin 1845
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[Footnote 1: _Pentaptera paniculata_.] [Footnote 2: _Entada pursætha_.]
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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[226] A tree (Entada purseta) which grows in most of the provinces of the Philippines.
History of the Philippine Islands Antonio de Morga 1597
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