Callerya nitida is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to south-central and southeast mainland China, Hainan and Taiwan. It was first described by George Bentham in 1842 as Millettia nitida.
Callerya nitida produces a number of compounds among which genistein-8-C-ò-D-apiofuranosyl-(1âÂÂ6)-O-ò-D-glucopyranoside, calycosin, isoliquiritigenin, formononetin, gliricidin, 8-O-methylretusin, dihydrokaempferol, biochanin, afromosin and hirsutissimiside F interact with thrombin, while sphaerobioside, formononetin-7-O-ò-D-apiofuranosyl-(1âÂÂ6)-O-ò-d-glucopyranoside, genistein-5-methylether-7-O-ñ-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1âÂÂ6)-O-ò-D-glucopyranoside, retusin-7,8-O-ò-D-diglucopyranoside, symplocoside, ononin, genistin, afromosin-7-O-ò-D-glucopyranoside, , liquiritigenin, 7,2-dihydroxy,4-methoxyisoflavan and sphaerobioside have no binding to thrombin.