Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Millettia rhodantha Baill..

Millettia rhodantha Baill.

HIGHER TAXON: Millettieae

GENUS: Millettia Wight & Arn.

Millettia rhodantha Baill. [Preferred name]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Ghana (N) [212]; Guinea (N) [212]; Ivory Coast (N) [212]; Sierra Leone (N) [212]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; forest. [18];
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [212];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [3] ; Illustration [12]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM

USES:
	Wood [14]

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

3.		Keay, R.W.J. et al., 1964
		Nigerian Trees Vol.2

12.		Aubreville, A., 1936
		La Flore Forestiere de la Cote d'Ivoire. Vol.1

14.		Dalziel, J.M., 1937
		The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

18.		Hall, J.B.& Swaine, M.D., 1981
		Forest Vegetation in Ghana.

212.		Hepper, F.N., 1958
		Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.