Millettia grandis (E. Mey.) Skeels

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Millettia grandis

Photo: Sune Holt
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, S.A.

Millettia grandis

Photo: Sune Holt
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, S.A.

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Synonyms: Millettia caffra Meisn.
Virgilia grandis E. Mey.
Common names:
Description: Small to medium tree, to 13 m. Stipules and stipels both present. Leaves with 3-7 pairs of leaflets plus a terminal leaflet; the new growth and petiolules noticeably reddish-brown. Inflorescence an erect spike. Flowers purple or mauve.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: grandis: of great size
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Native in KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Growth form(s): Tree.
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Image last updated: Saturday 10 December 2005
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) Pages 111 - 112.

Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 377. (Includes a picture).

Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 458 - 459. (Includes a picture).

Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (2013). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa (Second edition) Struik, South Africa Pages 534 - 535. (Includes a picture).

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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Millettia grandis
African Plant Database: Millettia grandis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Millettia grandis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Millettia grandis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Millettia grandis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Millettia grandis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Millettia grandis
JSTOR Plant Science: Millettia grandis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Millettia grandis
Plants of the World Online: Millettia grandis
Tropicos: Millettia grandis
Wikipedia: Millettia grandis


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated Plants: Species information: Millettia grandis.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/species.php?species_id=162900, retrieved 28 March 2024

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