Millettia extensa

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Millettia}}

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|genus=Millettia

|species=extensa

|authority=(Benth.) Benth. ex Baker

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  • Amerimnon pallidum Buch.-Ham. ex Baker
  • Millettia auriculata Baker
  • Millettia macrophylla (Benth.) Kurz
  • Otosema extensa Benth.
  • Otosema macrophylla Benth.
  • Phaseoloides extensum (Benth.) Kuntze
  • Pongamia macrophylla (Wall.) Ralph
  • Robinia macrophylla Roxb.
  • Tephrosia macrophylla Wall.

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Millettia extensa is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:507364-1 |title=Millettia extensa (Benth.) Benth. ex Baker |author= |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=25 June 2021 }} A woody climber, local peoples use it as a supplemental forage and for various veterinary treatments for their livestock.{{cite journal |last1=Saini |first1=Jaswant Singh |last2=Sood |first2=S.K. |date=August 2018 |title=Ethnobotanical enumeration of forage plant species in and around Colonel Sher Jung National Park, Simbalbara (CSJNPS), Sirmour (H.P.), India |url=http://ijasrm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IJASRM_V3S8_764_133_140.pdf |journal=International Journal of Advanced Scientific Research and Management |volume=3 |issue=8 |pages=133–140 |doi= |access-date=25 June 2021 }}

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