''Millettia duchesnei'' is a large forest liana in the genus ''

Millettia ''Millettia'' is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It consists of about 150 species, which are distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The genus was formerly known by the name ''Pongamia'', but that name was r ...

''. The rotenoids elliptol, 12-deoxo-12alpha-methoxyelliptone, 6-methoxy-6a,12a-dehydrodeguelin, 6a,12a-dehydrodeguelin, 6-hydroxy-6a,12a-dehydrodeguelin, 6-oxo-6a,12a-dehydrodeguelin, 12a-hydroxyelliptone and the flavanone

eriodictyol Eriodictyol is a bitter-masking flavanone, a flavonoid extracted from yerba santa (''Eriodictyon californicum''), a plant native to North America. Eriodictyol is one of the four flavanones identified in this plant as having taste-modifying proper ...

can be isolated from the twigs of ''M. duchesnei''.Rotenoid derivatives and other constituents of the twigs of Millettia duchesnei. François Ngandeu, Merhatibeb Bezabih, Dieudonne Ngamga, Alembert T. Tchinda, Bonaventure T. Ngadjui, Berhanu M. Abegaz, Hanh Dufat and François Tillequin, Phytochemistry, Volume 69, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 258-263,

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duchesnei Taxa named by Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman {{Millettieae-stub