Millettia
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| Millettia pinnata foliage and flowers | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Millettieae |
| Genus: | Millettia Wight. & Arn[1] |
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Milletia[2] |
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Millettia is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family. It consists of about 150 species, which are distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
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[edit] Species
Species include:
- Millettia aurea
- Millettia brandisiana
- Millettia bussei
- Millettia capuronii
- Millettia conraui
- Millettia decipiens
- Millettia duchesnei De Wild.
- Millettia elongistyla
- Millettia eriocarpa
- Millettia galliflagrans
- Millettia grandis
- Millettia hitsika
- Millettia lacus-alberti
- Millettia laurentii (Wengé)
- Millettia leucantha
- Millettia macrophylla
- Millettia micans
- Millettia mossambicensis
- Millettia nathaliae
- Millettia nitida
- Millettia orientalis
- Millettia pachycarpa
- Millettia peguensis
- Millettia pinnata
- Millettia psilopetela
- Millettia pterocarpa
- Millettia richardiana
- Millettia sacleuxii
- Millettia schliebenii
- Millettia semsei
- Millettia sericantha
- Millettia stuhlmannii
- Millettia sutherlandii
- Millettia taolanaroensis
- Millettia thonningii
- Millettia unifoliata
- Millettia utilis
- Millettia warneckei
[edit] Uses
The species Millettia pinnata has been investigated for use as biofuel.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Millettia Wight & Arn., Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
- ^ International Plant Names Index search for Milletia, accessed April 6, 2010
- ^ Scott, Paul T.; Pregelj, Lisette; Chen, Ning; Hadler, Johanna S.; Djordjevic, Michael A.; Gresshoff, Peter M. (2008), "Pongamia pinnata: an Untapped Resource for the Biofuels Industry of the Future", BioEnergy Research 1: 2, doi:10.1007/s12155-008-9003-0
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