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Pongamia pinnata (L.)Pierre

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HIGHER TAXON: Millettieae

GENUS: Pongamia Vent.

Pongamia pinnata (L.)Pierre [Preferred name]
    Cytisus pinnatus L. {Synonym}
    Dalbergia arborea Willd. {Synonym}
    Derris indica (Lam.)Benn. {Synonym}
    Galedupa indica Lam. {Synonym}
    Galedupa pinnata (L.)Taub. {Synonym}
    Galedupa pungum J.G.Gmel. {Synonym}
    Millettia novo-guineensis Kaneh. & Hatus. {Synonym}
    Millettia pinnata (L.)Panigrahi {Synonym}
    Pongamia glabra Vent. {Synonym}
    Pongamia glabra var. xerocarpa (Hassk.)Prain {Synonym}
    Pongamia mitis (L.)Kurz {Synonym}
    Pongamia mitis var. xerocarpa (Hassk.)Merr. {Synonym}
    Pongamia pinnata var. xerocarpa (Hassk.)Alston {Synonym}
    Pongamia xerocarpa Hassk. {Synonym}
    Pterocarpus flavus Lour. {Synonym}
    Robinia mitis L. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Coqueluche [1915]; Gal-karanda [1957]; Indian Beech [1957]; Kanji [3608]; Karanda [1957]; Karanj [3608]; Magul-karanda [1957]; Mullikulam Tree [1957]; Pongam [1902, 1915, 3608]; Pongam Oil Tree [3026]; Poona [4751]; Punka [4751]; Punku [4751]; Vesi Ne Wai [2264]; Vesivesi [2264]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Djibouti (I) [1765]; Egypt (I) [8]; Sudan (I) [8]; Tanzania (I) [210]; Uganda (I) [210]; Zaire (I) [8]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [1914, 3091]; Brunei (N) [3939]; China (N) [261, 3415]; Fujian [3415]; Guangdong [3415]; Hainan (N) [3415]; India (N) [1914, 1971, 3009, 3020, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3040, 3092, 3094, 3100, 3113, 3366, 3370, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3377, 3387, 3388, 3608]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [3370]; Bihar [3608]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3366]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3366]; Jammu-Kashmir [3366]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3113]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3100]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3026]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3387]; West Bengal [3388]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (N) [261, 1969, 2996, 2998, 3010, 3898]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Japan (N) [2823]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Kalimantan (N) [2998]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [2996]; Malaysia (N) [1957, 2999, 3011]; Myanmar (N) [1938]; Pakistan (I) [1938]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [3011]; Philippines (N) [1979, 3963]; Ryukyu Is (N) [2825]; Sabah (N) [2999]; Singapore (N) [3938]; Sri Lanka (N) [1957]; Sumatera (N) [3010]; Taiwan (N) [2827]; Thailand (N) [1971]; Vietnam (N) [3454]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1880]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [1790]
  Central America
Nicaragua (I) [3348]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [3389, 3608]; Christmas I (N) [3920]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Nicobar Is (N) [3608]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Rodrigues (I) [1915]; Seychelles (N) [3057]
  North America
United States (I) [3157]; Florida [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]; Fiji (N) [1940, 2264]; Northern Marianas (N) [2235]; Ogasawara-Shoto (I) [2835]; Samoa-JML (N) [1940]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 261, 1915, 1938, 1940, 1948, 1957, 1960, 1969, 2825, 3011, 3057, 3348, 3415, 3701, 3920] ; Illustration [261, 1915, 1940, 1960, 2825, 3011, 3701]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [1915] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names), 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] [3348] ; Habit: Tree [261] [1915] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [1915] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (F

  
USES:
  Chemical products [2828, 2872, 3030, 3375]; Domestic [2828, 2872]; Environmental [210, 1938, 2828, 3375, 3920]; Fibre [3030]; Forage [3030, 3920]; Medicine [2828, 2872, 3030, 3034, 3920]; Miscellaneous [3034, 3092]; Toxins [2828, 3030, 3034, 3920]; Wood [261, 1957, 3030]

  
NOTES:
  Pongamia pinnata (L.)Pierre: Accepted [01/07/04 20:33] [3892]
  Millettia pinnata (L.)Panigrahi: Synonym [01/07/04 20:33] [3892]
  Native to S.E. Asia. [3066]

  
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