Current Determination

Millettia nathaliae Du Puy & Labat Family: Fabaceae Determined By: Du Puy & Labat, 1995

Collection Information

Collectors	David J. Du Puy, Gwilym P. Lewis & Brian D. Schrire
Collector Team	David J. Du Puy Gwilym P. Lewis Brian D. Schrire
Collection Number	M564
Collection Date	26 Nov 1992
Location	Madagascar, Antsiranana, DIANA
Keywords	Andranomena
Coordinate	12°37'S 049°26'E (-12.6166667, 49.4333333)
Elevation	235 m
Herbaria	MO, TAN
Description	Shrub or small tree c. 3-5 m tall, deciduous; bark pale grey, mottled, smooth; dbh on larger trunks c. 15 cm; twigs pale grey with white lenticels; young shoots with a dark blackish brown indumentum. Flowers vanilla scented, mauve pink (candy pink) fading to lilac, the standard with a pale green basal eye; calyx suffused red-brown with 3 lower teeth and 2 upper teeth very small and close together. Flowers on short pseudoracemes, in pairs or groups of 4, usually 6 per inflorescence. Pods flat, woody, pale brown, with 2 or 3 seeds, cracked on the surface. NOTE: Pollinated by large black and yellow bees (specimens taken), and visited by sunbirds (back and wings with a blue sheen).
Locality	Track to Irodo along the northern ridge above the Irodo River, c. 5 km E of Route National 6 to Antsiranana (Diego Suarez), the nearest village Andranomena, Sarainana River

Projects: Madagascar

Type Specimens

• IT: Millettia nathaliae Du Puy & Labat. - Novon 5(2): 173, f. 3. 1995. (Novon) (MO)

Barcodes/Accession Numbers

Institution	Barcode	Accession	Object Kind	Object Subkind
MO	MO-2217131	6250866	sheet

Images

Du Puy - M564 - Madagascar