Millettia auriculata Brandis
MC010 : Millettia auriculata Brandis
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 142 |
| Synonym | : | Millettia extensa (Benth.) Baker.; Millettia auriculata var. extensa Craib; Millettia macrophylla Kurz; Otosema extensa Benth.; Robinia macrophylla Roxb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Garari,G-Palasir Sattur |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae |
| Description | : | 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. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The root bark is given daily for 5 days following menstruation as a contraceptive |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Millettin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae |
| Genus | : Millettia |
| Species | : Millettia auriculata Brandis |