It is a molluscicide plant. It contains the isoflavone alpinumisoflavone that is thought to be an antischistosomal agent. Millettia thonningii.
Millettia thonningii is a deciduous tree with a large, dense crown; it can grow 9 - 20 metres tall. The bole can be up to 100cm in diameter.
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The West African legume Millettia thonningii is used in Ghana as an anthelmintic and as a purgative agent. A chloroform extract of the seeds of Millettia ...
ECOLOGY. This is a savanna and secondary forest species, often found on riverbanks. M. thonningii occurs as clumps or thickets on plains usually associated with ...
Morphology · A deciduous tree, 30–40 ft. high The purple flowers appearing with the young leaves Easily confused with Lonchocarpus griffonianus · Petit arbre'ą ...
Millettia thonningii, details: Woody/Herbaceous: Woody, GRIN Taxon ID: 24323, GRIN/ITIS URL Link: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?
Nov 20, 2019 · M. thonningii is a low canopy tree of the tropical forest regions of West and Central Africa. Currently, the main use of M. thonningii is in ...
Jun 23, 1995 · The West African legume Millettia thonningii is used in Ghana as an anthelmintic and as a purgative agent. A chloroform extract of the seeds ...
A very handsome tree, with copious drooping racemes of pale lilac flowers. Dr Welwitsch has gathered in Congo a plant which differs by having the leaflets ...
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Angola. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.