What makes Millettia pinnata a superior, more sustainable biofuel species?
- Carbon Sequestration. Millettia grows into a large tree with a 10-metre taproot, creating a huge carbon sink
- Resilience. Millettia is resistant to a wide range of adverse climatic conditions: drought, light frost, water logging, moisture stress and salinity
- Tolerance. Millettia does not require prime arable land otherwise used for food production
- Millettia is tolerant of extremely poor soil types and does not require prime arable land otherwise used for food production.
- Water and nutrients. Millettia is a nitrogen fixing leguminous tree that can source water and nutrients deep into in the subsoil
- Carbon credits. Millettia’s carbon-fixing qualities qualify the tree for carbon credits
- Millettia easily surpasses plantation oil yield of other oil crops such as oil palm and jatropha with high oil content per seed (45-50%).
- Long-term yield. The oil yield in a Millettia plantation continues to increase for 15 years
- Long life-span. Millettia has a lifespan of 100 years with a productive oil seed lifespan of 60 years
- Millettia plantations can be managed by smaller/unskilled workforce due to lower crop maintenance and ability to utilise mechanical pruning and harvesting equipment.
- Millettia is a legume therefore minimising irrigation and expensive fertilizer requirements.
- Huge yield potential. At maturity, Millettia trees regularly produce 800 – 1,000kgs of seed, per tree, every year
- Flexibility. Millettia thrives in temperatures from zero degrees Celsius, right up to 50 degrees Celsius
- Environmental friendly. Intensive Millettia crops sequestrate more than 50 tonnes of CO2 per hectare, per year
Biofuel / Oil Plantation Crop Comparison
| Oil Palm | Jatropha | Millettia | |
| Minimum Temperature | 16°C | 12°C | 0°C |
| Rainfall requirement per year | 1,500-3,000mm | 600-2,000 | 250-2,500mm |
| Harvest Method | Manual | Mechanised | Mechanised |
| Plantation Carbon Credits Qualified | No | No | Yes |
| Area managed per plantation worker | 10Ha | 15Ha | 60Ha |
| Trees Planted Per Hectare | 156 | 3033 | 1852 |
| Oil Yield / Ha - 3yrs | 4.5 | 9 | 10 |
| Oil Yield / Ha - 6yrs | 11 | 12 | 23 |
Yields above are based on results from plantations that are professionally managed with high quality plant genetics, correct pre-planting soil cultivation, adequate soil nutrition, proper harvesting techniques and high quality processing equipment.
High Yield Millettia vs Regular Pongamia genetics
| Seeds (Per kg) | Seed Weight (grams) | Oil Content | |
| Millettia Pinnata (Hi-Yield Genetics) | 400 | 2.5 | 60% |
| Indian Pongamia Pinnata | 1600-2000 | 0.5-0.6 | 35-45% |
High Yield Millettia Pinnata Seed Genetics Our Millettia trees produce larger heavier seed with 400 seeds/Kg as compared to smaller and lighter 1600-2000 seeds/Kg from Pongamia Varieties of Indian / Asian origin. Our larger heaver seed with higher oil content allow our trees to produce 400-500% higher oil production than regular Pongamia.
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