Millettia pinnata (L.) Panigrahi

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Mozambique Leaf Tobacco, Tete, Mozambique

Synonyms:	Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre
Common names:
Description:	Tree to 25 m tall, with pendulous branches. Leaves (3-)5-7-foliolate; leaflets 5-25 cm, ovate, elliptic or oblong; apex obtuse to acuminate. Inflorescence 6-27 cm long with white or pinkish flowers, purple inside. Fruit 5-8 cm long, oblong-ellipsoid, indehiscent, glabrous.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	pinnata: with pinnate leaves.
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical Asia and the Pacific.
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Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Thursday 12 November 2015
Literature:	Brummitt, R.K., Harder, D.K., Lewis, G.P., Lock, J.M., Polhill, R.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(3) Page 104.

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