Millettia

Millettia
Millettia laurentii, foliage and flowers
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Millettieae
Genus: Millettia
Wight & Arn. (1834)[1][2]
Species

See list of Millettia species

Synonyms[1]
  • Berrebera Hochst. (1844)
  • Galedupa Lam. (1788)
  • Neodunnia R.Vig. (1950)
  • Otosema Benth. (1852)
  • Pungamia Lam. (1796), nom. rej.

Millettia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It consists of about 169 species of shrubs, lianas or trees, which are native to tropical and subtropical regions of sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, southern China, Malesia, and New Guinea. Typical habitats include tropical rain forest and seasonally-dry lowland and upland forest and forest margins, woodland, thicket, wooded grassland, and secondary vegetation.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Millettia Wight & Arn.". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  2. ^ Millettia Wight & Arn. Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine, Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)