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Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre

Synonym: Cytisus pinnatus L., Pongamia glabra Vent., Derris indica (Lam.) Bennet, Galedupa indica Lam.

PAPILIONOIDEAE

Local Names : ഉങ്ങ്, Hongay oil tree, Indian beech tree, Pongam oil tree.

  

Flowering Period : April to December.

Distribution : Indo-Malesia

Uses:   Biofuel.

Exotic : No.

 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.

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