🌿Sea Bean (Entada spiralis) is a vulnerable species of woody climber from the family Fabaceae, native to Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Sumatra.
🌿The woody liana grows up to 25 m long, climbing with support from neighboring trees.
🌿Its leaves are bipinnately compound, with up to 4 pairs of stalked secondary leaflets (pinnules) per primary leaflet (pinna). Its oppositely arranged pinnules have papery leaf blades that are elliptic to drop-shaped, with a notched tip.
🌿Its solitary flowering spikes are 15–20 cm long and arise from the leaf axils. Its white flowers are 5-merous, and either male or bisexual. The flowers are pollinated by insects.
🌿The legumes (fruits) are large, spirally coiled, irregularly segmented, woody pods. The plant can be propagated by seeds.
🌿Its bark and seeds contain saponin which can be used as a substitute for soap and also used in making shampoos, or skin wash to treat a range of disorders including itching and parasites.
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Plants of Singapore