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Millettia rooseveltii

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Name

Identification
Andira inermis (DeWild.) J.B.Gillett ex Polhill [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Isotype of Millettia rooseveltii DeWild. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Sousa,M.,
Related name
  • Andira inermis
  • Millettia rooseveltii

Flora

Entry for ANDIRA inermis (De Wild.) Polhill subsp. rooseveltii [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1971) Author: J. B. GILLETT, R. M. POLHILL & B. VERDCOURT
Names
ANDIRA inermis (De Wild.) Polhill subsp. rooseveltii [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in K.B. 23: 490 (1969). Type: Sudan, Equatoria Province, Nimule–Gondokoro, Mearns 3004 (BM, iso. !)
Millettia rooseveltii De Wild. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Pl. Bequaert. 3: 353 (1925)
Andira inermis [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], [sensu Lely, Useful Trees of Nigeria: 16, fig. (1925); F.P.S. 2: 175 (1952); Hepper in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 518 (1958), pro parte, non (Wright) DC. sensu stricto]
Millettia sp. nov. aff. M. macrophylla Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], sensu I.T.U., ed. 2: 308 (1952)
Information
Calyx 4.5–5 mm. long, glabrous except for the ciliolate lobe-margins; keel 12–14 mm. long; style ± 4.5 mm. long; leaflets quite glabrous beneath. Fig. 12, p. 64.
Range
DISTR. U1 savannah regions of West Africa from the Ivory Coast to N. Nigeria, also Cameroun, Chad and Central African Republic to southern Sudan
Altitude range
1200 m.
Distribution
UGANDA W. Nile District junction of R. Leya and R. Ayo [Aiyu], 25 Mar. 1945, Greenway & Eggeling 7252 !
Notes
Subsp. grandiflora (Guill. & Perr.) Polhill replaces subsp. rooseveltii further west in Africa, from Mali to Senegal and Gambia, and differs by the uniformly hairy calyx and the presence of a rather persistent indumentum on the midrib of the leaflets beneath. Subsp. inermis probably occurs naturally in forests around the Gulf of Guinea and is widespread in the New World tropics; it differs by the smaller flowers (calyx 3–3.5(–4) mm. long; keel 8–12 mm. long; style 2.5–4 mm. long). Subsp. inermis has been cultivated at Amani (Sigi Chini, Greenway 6675 !).

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