Matchbox Bean

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Entada phaseoloides

Matchbox Bean, a reference photo
Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

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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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Matchbox Bean being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Entada
Species
Entada phaseoloides

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