What is Millettia laurentii?
{{italic title}} {{Taxobox |image = MillLaur.jpg |image_caption = Tree in flower |image2 = Wengefurn.jpg |image2_caption = Tangentially-sawn wood | status = EN | status_system = IUCN2.3 | status_ref = |regnum = [[Plant]]ae |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]] |ordo = [[Fabales]] |familia = [[Fabaceae]] |subfamilia = [[Faboideae]] |tribus = [[Millettieae]] |genus = ''[[Millettia]]'' |species = '''''M. laurentii''''' |binomial = ''Millettia laurentii'' |binomial_authority = [[Emile August(e) Joseph De Wildeman]] |}} {{infobox color |title=Wenge |textcolor=white |hex=645452 |r=100|g=84|b=82| |c=0.00|m=0.16|y=0.18|k=0.61 |h=7|s=18|v=39 |source=[http://www.99colors.net/name/wenge]}} '''''Millettia laurentii''''' is a [[legume]] [[tree]] that is native to [[Geography of Africa|central Africa]]. The species is listed as endangered in the [[IUCN Red List endangered species (Plantae)|IUCN Red List]], mostly because people are destroying its habitat and [[over harvesting]] the tree for [[timber]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/33219/0 |title=African Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Zimbabwe) 1998. Millettia laurentii. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 28 November 2009. |access-date=6 April 2013 |archive-date=11 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211124943/http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/33219/0 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The wood that comes from the tree is called ''wenge''. It is a dark-coloured [[hardwood]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Wood]] [[Category:Faboideae]]