Millettia grandis split pods

The Millettia grandis fruits are large, flat, woody pods, becoming about 15 cm long. They are seen in winter and spring, the brown surfaces in picture have a covering of velvety hair.

Conspicuous, even after they have become dry and dehisced to release their seeds, each pod ends in a couple of spiralled, flat blades that persist. The seeds are flat and oblong (Coates Palgrave, 2002).