Millettia

Millettia
Millettia pinnata foliage and flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Millettieae
Genus:	Millettia Wight. & Arn[1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Milletia[2]

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.

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 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

Uses

The species Millettia pinnata has been investigated for use as biofuel.^[3]

References

1. ^ Millettia Wight & Arn., Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
2. ^ International Plant Names Index search for Milletia, accessed April 6, 2010
3. ^ 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 

External links

• Jixueteng/Millettia