Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week :: Pongamia pinnata in northern Western Ghats

[Dinesh Valke]

Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre

• pon-GAY-mee-uh -- Latinized form of Malabar name പൊങ്ങം pongam for Pongamia pinnata
  pin-NAY-tuh -- feather-shaped

Apr 7, 2007 ... along NH4 near Lonavala, Maharashtra

commonly known as: Indian beech tree, karum tree, oil tree, pongam tree, poonga-oil tree, seashore mempari • Assamese: karchaw • Bengali: করঞ্জ karanja • Gujarati: કરંજ karanja • Hindi: करंज karanj, पापड़ papar, सुखचैन sukhchain, व्याघ्रनखी vyaghranakhi • Kannada: ಹೊಮ್ಗೆ homge • Konkani: करंजी karamji • Malayalam: പൊങ്ങം pongam, ഉങ്ങ് ung • Marathi: करज karaja, करंज karanja • Oriya: koranjo • Prakrit: करंज karamja • Sanskrit: करञ्ज karañja, नक्तमाला naktamala • Tamil: புன்கு punku, புன்னை punnai, நத்தம் nattam, நீர்ப்புன்கு nir-p-punku, தட்டைப்புன்கு tattai-p-punku • Telugu: కానుగు kanugu, కరంజము karañjamu, కోవి kovi, వ్యాఘ్రనఖము vyaghra-nakhamu

Native to: s China, e & s-e Asia, Indian subcontinent, n Australia, w Pacific; naturalized / cultivated elsewhere


some views:

• Jun 27, 2009 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra
  
• Apr 27, 2008 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra
  

Dear friends, embedded images attached for the benefit of those who are unable to view them among contents above.

Regards.
Dinesh

[Balkar Singh]

Beautiful Shot

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

[Satish Phadke]

The pinkish tinge and the green color in the flowers looks awesome.

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

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Dr Satish Phadke