Millettia
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.
Species
Chinese wisteria
species
FamilyFabaceae
Native toAngola, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, China South-Central, China Southeast
Observations22,706
Millettia es un género de foraminífero bentónico de la familia Millettiidae, de la superfamilia Buliminoidea, del suborden Buliminina y del orden Buliminida. Su especie tipo es Sangrina tessellata. Su rango cronoestratigráfico abarca el Holoceno.
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Research
430 papers- Millettia isoflavonoids: a comprehensive review of structural diversity, extraction, isolation, and pharmacological properties.Phytochemistry reviews : proceedings of the Phytochemical Society of Europe · 2023
- A review on genus Millettia: Traditional uses, phytochemicals and pharmacological activities.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2020
- Millettia speciosa and By-Products: A Comprehensive Review of Chemical Composition, Bioactivities, Safety, and Industrial Applications.
Article
5 sectionsContents
- Description
- Etymology
- Uses
- Species
- References
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.
== Description == In 1834, in Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis Robert Wight and George Arnott Walker-Arnott describe Millettia as: