Pongamia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Pongamia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Pongamia (a native Malayan name). Legumi- nosae. A single arborescent or shrubby species of tropical Asia and Australia, little known in this country. Leaves odd-pinnate; lfts. opposite: fls. racemed; calyx campanulate, nearly truncate; corolla much exserted; standard broad; keel obtuse, the petals cohering at the tip; stamens monadelphous, the upper filament free low down; anthers oblong, versatile; ovary subsessile, 2-ovuled; style incurved, glabrous; stigma capitate: pod flattened, oblong, indehiscent, not at all winged or thickened at the sutures. It is related to Piscidia but differs from it by having the pods short, compressed, smooth, and 1-seeded instead of elongated, winged, and several-seeded. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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