Pongamia


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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


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