1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ENTADA, in botany, a woody climber belonging to the family Leguminosae and common throughout the tropics. The bestknown species is Entada scandens, the sword-bean, so called from its large woody pod, 2 to 4 ft. in length and 3 to 4 in. broad, which contains large flat hard polished chestnut-coloured seeds or " beans." The seeds are often made into snuff-boxes or match-boxes, and a preparation from the kernel is used as a drug by the natives in India. The seeds will float for a long time in water, and are often thro…
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