Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Papilionaceae | Genus: Millettia | Species: Millettia pachycarpa Benth. |
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Flower |
Fruit |
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| Synonym | Millettia taiwaniana, Millettia dunnii | Flower Color | Blue - Purple |
| Common Name | Fish poison climber | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Fish poison climber | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Ngamuyai | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | Up to 2000 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Climber | Fruit Details | Fruit 6-23 X 3-5cm, 2-3cm thick, constricted betwen seeds, unwinged, pubescent at first later glabrous; seeds reniform 3 X 2.5 X 2cm |
| Habitat | Occurs amongst scrub in arid valleys | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Myanmar, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. In India | Bark Details | Bark gray smooth, striate, rusty pilose when young |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Obovate | ||
| Description of Species | Lianas to 15 m. branchlets brown, yellow tomentose when young, glabrescent, scattered with brown lenticels | Leaf Details | Leaves 11-17-foliate, 30-50cm, leaflets obovate or oblancelolate, 7-15 X 2.5-5cm, acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous obove, densely appressed brownish pubescent beneath; stipules broadly ovate-triangular 4 X 5mm |
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