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Millettia mossambicensis is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to central Mozambique, where it is fairly widespread in the low-lying woodlands and forests.[2] The small trees are over-exploited for local construction purposes.[2]

Millettia mossambicensis
Upper side of compound leaf
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Millettieae
Genus:	Millettia
Species:	M. mossambicensis
Binomial name
Millettia mossambicensis J.B.Gillett

The leaves have two or three pairs of leaflets and one terminal leaflet which is largest.[2] Leaflets have 9 to 11 pairs of lateral, parallel veins. The purple-blue flowers are carried on racemes which appear in spring.[2]

See also

• Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic

References

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