Millettia pinnata

Common Name : Pongam Tree, Honge Tree, Pongam oil tree, Indian Beech Tree Botanical Name : Millettia pinnata Family : Fabaceae

Kingdom - Plantae

Order - Fabales

Species - pinnata

Genus - Millettia

Synonyms - Pongamia pinnata, Galedupa indica

Category - Deciduous legume tree

Origin / Native - India, Tropical Asia

Height - 65 to 70 feet tall

Flowering Season - Summer, spring, throughout the year

Tamil - Pungai

Kannada - Honge mara

Hindi - Karanj

Flowers -Small, fragrant, showy, cluster of 40 flowers connected with long thin stalk & opposite arrangement, pea shaped, purplish pink in color

Foliage - Simple, bright green, soft, glossy, veined, alternate, newly born is burgundy in color, 7 leaves connected with short individual stalk & the whole looked like feathery

Attracts - Bees, butterflies, birds

Best For - Parks, avenue, roadsides, landscape design

Uses - Medicinal, oil, commercial

Light Requirement & Feature -Full sun, drought tolerant, will grown in all type of soils, average water

Millettia pinnata flower buds and leafs with veins

Pongam oil tree flower stalks and bracts

Millettia pinnata flower cluster with honey bee

Millettia pinnata flowers

Photographs: Guna Selvi Camera: Nikon D40x Location : Cubbon park, Bangalore[Bengaluru], Karnataka, South India, India