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Cultivated as an ornamental climber.
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Description
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Woody climber. Leaf imparipinnately compound, c. 20-25 cm long. Stipules persistent, c. 7 mm long. Leaflets 7-9, 8-16 cm long, ovate-oblong, apex shortly acuminate, appressly silky on both sides; petiolule c. 4 mm long, stipels c. 1-2 mm long, deciduous. Raceme c. 10-30 cm long. Pedicel c. 3 mm long. Calyx c. 3 mm long, densely hairy, teeth small. Corolla greenish yellow, pubescent; vexillum c. 8-12 mm long. Ovary appressly silky. Fruit up to 15 cm long, 3 cm broad, velvety, becoming somewhat glabrous, about 8-seeded.
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Distribution
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Himalaya (Kashmir to Bhutan), India, Indo-China.
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Distribution
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Distribution: India, Burma, Siam; introduced in Pakistan.
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Flower/Fruit
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Fl.Per.: March June; September-March.
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Millettia extensa: Brief Summary
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Millettia extensa is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. A woody climber, local peoples use it as a supplemental forage and for various veterinary treatments for their livestock.
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