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Millettia thonningii - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 2/2010 © Jörn Germer

Millettia thonningii - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Millettia thonningii - Pods and seeds - Click to enlarge!

Pods and seeds; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 2/2010 © Jörn Germer

Millettia thonningii - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Internal reference: 1177
Date of entry: 17.09.2009
Last update: 22.02.2010

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2514)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (2413)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2044)

      Order: Fabales (232)

        Family: Fabaceae (232) (family description)

          Genus: Millettia (1)

           Epithet: thonningii (Schum. & Thonn.) Baker (1)

thonningii => named after danish physician and botanist Peter Thonning [1775-1848]

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: purple, violet

External links

Check for Millettia thonningii at World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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