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Millettia usaramensis

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
S. Somalia to S. Trop. Africa
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Millettia usaramensis is a tree or shrub belonging to the family Fabaceae. It has two known subspescies namely, Millettia usaramensis subsp. australis and ''Millettia usaramensis subsp. usaramensis.

Safety

Compounds from the chemical class, rotenoids have been isolated from the leaves and stem bark extracts of the species. The compound, Barbigerone has been isolated from root extracts of the plant.

Uses

Root extracts of the plant are traditionally used as an antidotes for snake bites.

Other Millettia plants

Millettia aurea · Millettia bussei · Millettia capuronii · Millettia conraui · Millettia duchesnei · Millettia elongatistyla · Millettia eriocarpa · Millettia extensa · Millettia galliflagrans · Umzimbeet · Millettia hitsika · Millettia lacus-alberti

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Millettia usaramensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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