EXSICCATAE #:    00080950
TROPICOS #:      13074802
TAXON:           Millettia orientalis Du Puy & Labat
COUNTRY:         Madagascar
PROV|DEPT|DIST:  Toamasina
LOWER POLITICAL: 
LOCALITY:        Nosy Mangabe RS
BETWEEN/AND:     
VICINITY:        Nosy Mangabe, a 520 ha island in the Bay of Antongil,  
                   5 km from Maroantsetra. 
ELEV:            0-330 m
COORD:           15.30S 49.46E
COLLECTOR:       G.E. Schatz & J.S. Miller 
NUMBER:          2495
COLL.DATE:       9 January 1989
INSTITUTIONS:    K, MO, NY, P, PRE, TAN, WAG
SPECIMEN INFO:   Tree 30 m tall; leaves newly expanding, dark olive green; 
                   pedicel golden green; calyx purple; petals initially pink,
                   fading to light lavender, with green blotch in throat of
                   upper petal; flowers very sweet fragrant; photo. 
PHOTO