Millettia barteri (Benth.) Dunn

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Millettia

Characteristics

A climber. It can grow 30 m long. It has pith in the stems. The flowers are red and turn purple.
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A lofty woody climber with pith in the stems
Flowers pink or red turning purple.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses fiber food material medicinal poison
Edible stems
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Millettia barteri world distribution map, present in Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:507280-1
WFO ID wfo-0000199682
COL ID 43D4D
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Synonyms

Millettia demeusei Millettia gentilii Millettia calabarica Lonchocarpus barteri Millettia urophylla Phaseoloides urophylla Millettia barteri Lonchocarpus heudelotianus