Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre
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| Family: | LEGUMINOSAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Papilionoideae | ||||
| English Name: | Pongam OilTree | ||||
| Synonym: | Galedupa indica Lam. | ||||
| Common Name: | Minnari, Ponnam, Hongay oil tree, Indian beech tree | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | April - December | ||||
| Distribution: | Indo-Malesia | ||||
| Habitat: | Deciduous and mangrove forests, also planted as avenue tree | ||||
| Uses: | Biofuel. Oil is used in medicine for the treatment of rheumatism | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Pongamia pinnataare evergreen trees, surface grey, smooth. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate; leaflet, elliptic-lanceolate, margin entire. Flowers bisexual, purplish-white, in lax axillary racemes. Calyx tube campanulate; minutely 5 toothed, apex truncate; corolla exserted. Petals 5. Stamens 10, monadelphous. Ovary subsessile, inferior, 1-celled, ovules 2. Fruit a pod, obliquely oblong, flat, thick. | ||||