Fabaceae
Pongame oiltree
Pongamia pinnata
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Pongamia
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Common names
By language (34)
- Arabic
- بونغاميا ريشية, شنف الديك
- arz
- بونغاميا ريشيه
- Bangla
- করচ
- bik
- Marokbarok
- Cantonese
- 水黃皮
- Chinese
- 水黃皮, 水黄皮, 九重吹, 枳茹, 水流豆, 野豆
- English
- Pongame oiltree, Indian beech, Pongamia, Indian beech tree
- Filipino
- Bani, Balok-balok
- German
- Indische Buche
- Hindi
- करंज, पोंगैमिया
- Indonesian
- Malapari, Bangkong, Kranji, Mempari
- Japanese
- クロヨナ
- Kannada
- ಹೊಂಗೆ ಮರ, ಕರಜಾತ, ಹೊಂಗೆ
- Kinyarwanda
- Igiti cy’Ubuhinde
- lah
- سکھ چین
- Malay
- Mempari
- Malayalam
- ഉങ്ങ്, പുങ്ക്, പുങ്ങ്, പൊങ്ങ്
- Marathi
- करंज
- mdf
- Индиень бук, Milletia pinnata
- Nepali
- कारेङ्गी
- Odia
- କରଞ୍ଜ
- pam
- Bani
- Persian
- راش هندی
- Russian
- Каранджа, Понгамия перистая
- Sanskrit
- करञ्जवृक्षः, Karanja
- Sindhi
- سک چين
- Sundanese
- Ki pahang
- Swahili
- Pongami, Indian beech, Pongame oiltree
- Tamil
- புங்கை, புங்கன், போங்கம்
- tcy
- Honge Tree
- Telugu
- కానుగ, కానుగ చెట్టు
- Thai
- หยีน้ำ
- Urdu
- سکھ چین درخت
- Vietnamese
- Đậu dầu
Synonyms
- Cajum pinnatum (L.) Kuntze
- Cytisus pinnatus L.
- Derris indica (Lam.) Benn.
- Galedupa pinnata (L.) Taub.
- Millettia pinnata (L.) Panigrahi
- Pongamia glabra Vent.
- Pongamia pinnata var. typica Domin
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May, July, October (from 174 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Malaika Mathew Chawla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Barbara Terhal, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Allen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Aparna Shyam, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Surya, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paryavarana Margadarsi Vaisakhi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bias Chakraborty, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt B, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: M108t, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ram Dayal Vaishnav, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.