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Millettia caffra, Meissn. Ironwood. A S. African tree, 20-30 ft. high, with very hard close-grained brown wood and dark, rough, rugulose bark: lvs. on channeled petioles 6-8 in. long; lfts. lanceolate-oblong, acute, in 5-6 pairs, 2-2 ½ in. long, 1 in. apart; slender stipules 2-3 lines long: panicle 6-8 in. long: fr. leathery, velvety, used as a medicine by the Kafirs. Intro, into Fla. in 1891.
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Millettia caffra, Meissn. Ironwood. A S. African tree, 20-30 ft. high, with very hard close-grained brown wood and dark, rough, rugulose bark: lvs. on channeled petioles 6-8 in. long; lfts. lanceolate-oblong, acute, in 5-6 pairs, 2-2 ½ in. long, 1 in. apart; slender stipules 2-3 lines long: panicle 6-8 in. long: fr. leathery, velvety, used as a medicine by the native South African Blacks.  
 
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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Millettia caffra, Meissn. Ironwood. A S. African tree, 20-30 ft. high, with very hard close-grained brown wood and dark, rough, rugulose bark: lvs. on channeled petioles 6-8 in. long; lfts. lanceolate-oblong, acute, in 5-6 pairs, 2-2 ½ in. long, 1 in. apart; slender stipules 2-3 lines long: panicle 6-8 in. long: fr. leathery, velvety, used as a medicine by the native South African Blacks.


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