Flora of North America species comparison

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Millettia pinnata

pongame oiltree
Habit Trees to 30 m. Leaves 6–17 cm; petiole 2.5–5 cm; petiolules 0.5–1 cm, leaflet blades ovate to elliptic-oblong, 3–10 × 2–5 cm, base rounded, apex acuminate.
Inflorescences

axis and pedicels glabrous or sparsely hairy.
Flowers

12–14 mm;

calyx 3–4 mm, sericeous;

banner sericeous outside;

style glabrous.
Legumes

5–8 × 2.5–3 cm.
Seeds

compressed, 2 × 1 cm, lustrous;

hilum lateral, elliptic, 1 mm.
2n

= 22.

Millettia pinnata
Phenology Flowering year-round.
Habitat Waste places, thickets.
Elevation 0–50 m. (0–200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; s Asia (India); Australia [Introduced in North America; introduced also throughout tropics]
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Millettia pinnata has escaped from cultivation in Broward, Lee, Palm Beach, and Sarasota counties. Its seeds contain oil that may be used as a substitute for diesel fuel.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Millettia
Synonyms Cytisus pinnatus, Derris indica, Pongamia pinnata
Name authority (Linnaeus) Panigrahi in G. Panigrahi and S. K. Murti: Fl. Bilaspur Distr. 1: 210. (1989)
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