Millettia sp. McIlwraith (B.Hyland 3295RFK)

Family

Fabaceae

Botanical Name

Millettia sp. McIlwraith (B.Hyland 3295RFK)

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Synonyms

Pongamia sp. (McIlwraith BH 3295RFK), Australian Tropical Rain Forest Plants- Trees, Shrubs & Vines: (2003), Type: ?.

Stem

White granular stripes in the outer blaze. Orange coloured speckles often visible in the blaze. Deciduous; leafless for a period between August and October.

Leaves

Leaflet blades about 3.5-12 x 2-4 cm. Leaflet stalks slightly swollen and transversely wrinkled. Compound leaf axis grooved on the upper surface.

Flowers

Calyx about 2.5-3 mm long. Corolla about 8-10 mm long. Petals with appressed hairs on the outer surface, but glabrous or almost glabrous on the inner surface. Stamens 10, the filaments of nine fused and one stamen free. Stamens alternately long and short. Anthers with a few dark hairs near the base. Ovules 2.

Fruit

Pods somewhat flattened, usually dehiscent, about 30-45 x 15-20 mm. Seeds somewhat flattened, transversely elliptical, about 10 x 17 mm. Testa smooth.

Seedlings

Cotyledons at or close to ground level, fleshy, without venation. First few pairs of leaves usually simple, cordate. At the tenth leaf stage: leaflets broadly ovate, apex acuminate, base obtuse, glabrous on the upper surface; leaflet stalks transversely wrinkled; petiole and rhachis of compound leaf glabrous; stipules hairy, about 3 mm long, oblong, somewhat falcate, apex rounded. Taproot somewhat swollen.

Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in CYP, NEQ and southwards to coastal central Queensland. Altitudinal range from sea level to 500 m. Grows in a variety of habitats, e.g. monsoon forest, fringing forest along creeks, gallery forest and on the border of mangrove forest. Often found near permanent fresh water.

CYP

X

NEQ

X

Tree

X

RFK Code

703