Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre

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Family
:
Leguminosae (Papilionoideae)
Synonym
:
Galedupa indica Lam.
Common Names
:
Pongam oil tree, Minnari, Ponnam, Hongay oil tree, Indian beech tree
Flowering Period
:
April – December
Distribution
:
Indo-Malesia
Habitat
:
Deciduous and mangrove forests, also planted as avenue tree
Habit
:
Tree
Uses
:

Used as a Biofuel. Oil is used in medicine for the treatment of rheumatism

ജൈവ ഇന്ധനം. വാത ചികിത്സക്കായി ഉങ്ങിൽ നിന്നെടുക്കുന്ന സത്തു കൊണ്ടുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന എണ്ണ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നു.
Key Characters
:

Pongamia pinnata are 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.