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*''Millettia caffra'' Meisn. (1843).

*Umzimbeet, Kaffir ironwood (En). *Songa (Po).

*Evergreen or deciduous shrub or small tree up to 13(–25) m tall; bark surface smooth to flaky, grey to pale brown; twigs slightly hairy or glabrous. *Leaves alternate, imparipinnately compound with 4–7 pairs of leaflets; stipules absent; petiole and rachis together 10–20 cm long; stipels needle-shaped, 4–6 mm long; petiolules c. 4 mm long; leaflets opposite, oblong to lanceolate, 4–8 cm × 1–3.5 cm, acuminate at apex, glabrous above, short-hairy below. *Inflorescence a terminal, spike-like panicle up to 25 cm long, with short branches, dark brown velvety hairy. *Flowers bisexual, papilionaceous; pedicel 2–6 mm long, with 2 small bracteoles near apex; calyx campanulate, c. 7 mm long, tube about as long as lobes; corolla pale purple, standard orbicular, c. 15 mm in diameter, with claw at base, wings and keel slightly shorter; stamens 10, 9 fused, 1 almost free; ovary superior, hairy, style slender, curved, hairy at base. *Fruit an oblong to lanceolate, flat pod up to 15 cm × 3.5 cm, with stiff wall, densely brownish hairy, dehiscent with spiralling valves, often 2-seeded. *Seeds oblong, flattened, smooth, reddish brown.

* R.H.M.J. Lemmens , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands

Lemmens, R.H.M.J., 2008. '''Millettia grandis''' (E.Mey.) Skeels. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. In: Louppe, D., Oteng-Amoako, A.A. & Brink, M. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>. Accessed {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}.