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Pongamia pinnata

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Linnaeus) Pierre

Common Names

• Vesiniwai (Fiji)
• Vesivesi (Fiji)
• Thinwin-pyu (Myanmar)
• Dok kom koi (Laos)
• Cay giay mâu (Laos)
• Cay nim (Laos)

Geographical Habitats

• Australia
• Fiji
• India
• Indonesia
• Ryukyu Islands - Japan
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• China
• Moluccas
• Philippines
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• creekside

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Occasional liana, more often tree, axillary slightly villous racemes to 150mm long of white, yellow, pink or lilac flowers, calyx 3mm x 7mm villous outside, standard to 10mm diameter, glabrous woody greenish-brown fruit 50mm x 30mm, glabrous leaflets or hairy beneath, imparipinnate 5-9 foliolate leaves

Further References

• JPS
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• JFM
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• JAA