3720.000 Millettia
Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002) Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa
Hauman, L., Cronquist, A., Leonard, J., Schubert, B., Duvigneaud, P. & Dewit, J. (1954) Papilionaceae (deuxieme partie) Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi Volume V 1-375
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs, sometimes scandent. Stipules present. Leaves imparipinnate. Leaflets opposite, with stipels. Flowers in terminal racemes or panicles, white, pink, mauve or violet. Calyx campanulate, ± 2-lipped or truncate. Petals with conspicuous standard with oblong claw. Pod flattened, coriaceous, 2-valved but often tardily dehiscent. Derivation of name: after Charles Millett, 1792-1873, a plant collector for the East India Company in China. [Corrected from a previous version of the site, which gave Dr J A Millett as the source of the name]. Worldwide: c. 90 species in the Old World tropics Mozambique: 3 cultivated taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| grandis (E. Mey.) Skeels | Description, Image |
| pinnata (L.) Panigrahi | Description, Image |
| stuhlmannii Taub. | Description, Image |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): MillettiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Millettia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Millettia
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Millettia
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