How to identify Millettia odorata

1. Leaves

The leaves of Millettia odorata have pinnate compound leaves, usually 15 to 30 cm long, with a petiole 5 to 12 cm long, sparsely pubescent, with 2 pairs of leaflets, 3 to 5 cm apart, papery, lanceolate, oblong or narrowly oblong, 5 to 15 cm long, 1.5 to 6 cm wide, with its apex sharply tapering or acuminate, occasionally obtuse, the base of the leaves obtuse, shiny on the surface.

2. Flowers

The panicle is terminal, the inflorescence is broad, about 40 cm long, the inflorescence axis is slightly covered with yellow-brown soft hairs, the flowers are solitary, the corolla is purple-red, and the standard petal is broad ovate or obovate.

3. Fruit

The pods are linear or oblong, 7 to 12 cm long, 1.5 to 2 cm wide, flat, and densely covered with gray hairs. The fruit petals are very thin, close to wood, with petals and 3 to 5 seeds.