Entada phaseoloides

Entada phaseoloides
Pod specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Entada
Species:
E. phaseoloides
Binomial name
Entada phaseoloides
Synonyms
20 synonyms
  • Acacia scandens (L.) Willd.
  • Acacia sulcata F.Dietr.
  • Adenanthera gago Blanco
  • Adenanthera scandens (L.) G.Forst.
  • Adenanthera scandens Veill.
  • Entada adenanthera DC.
  • Entada gandu Hoffmanns.
  • Entada parrana Spreng.
  • Entada rumphii Scheff.
  • Entada scandens (L.) Benth.
  • Entada scandens var. aequilatera Domin
  • Entada scandens var. discosperma Jum. & H.Perrier
  • Gigalobium scandens (L.) Hitchc.
  • Lens phaseoloides L.
  • Mimosa blancoana Llanos
  • Mimosa scandens L.
  • Perima odorata Raf.
  • Prosopis scandens (L.) Stokes
  • Pusaetha scandens (L.) Kuntze
  • Strepsilobus scandens (L.) Raf.

Entada phaseoloides, commonly known in English as the matchbox bean or St. Thomas' bean, is a large twining vine or liana in the pea and bean family Fabaceae, native to a broad area of Asia-Pacific, from China to northern Australia and the southwestern Pacific.

It is also known as gugo in the Philippines, where the bark sap is used as a traditional shampoo.

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