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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MC010 : Millettia auriculata Brandis

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 142  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae
Genus : Millettia
Species : Millettia auriculata Brandis
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Climbers  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Fabaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Garari,G-Palasir Sattur
 
Synonym : Millettia extensa (Benth.) Baker.
Millettia auriculata var. extensa Craib
Millettia macrophylla Kurz
Otosema extensa Benth.
Robinia macrophylla Roxb.
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.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : The root bark is given daily for 5 days following menstruation as a contraceptive
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Millettin
Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :