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Entada phaseoloides (L.) Merr.

Entada phaseoloides (L.) Merr.

Entada phaseoloides
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Entada phaseoloides (L.) Merr.. 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.

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Native range

Native range not recorded for this plant. Often a non-native cultivar or naturalized garden plant.

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