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Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002) Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa
Trees or shrubs, sometimes scandent. Stipules present. Leaves imparipinnate. Leaflets opposite, with stipels. Flowers in terminal racemes or panicles, white, pink, mauve or violet. Calyx campanulate, ± 2-lipped or truncate. Petals with conspicuous standard with oblong claw. Pod flattened, coriaceous, 2-valved but often tardily dehiscent. Derivation of name: Named for Dr J A Millett, a botanist who worked in China in 1726 Worldwide: c. 90 species in the Old World tropics Malawi: 1 cultivated taxon. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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