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Pongamia
Glabrous tree. Leaves
imparipinnate, petioled. Leaflets entire, estipellate; stipules caducous.
Inflorescence(s) pseudoracemes, loosely racemose, with 1-3 flowers at each node;
bracts small, mostly caducous; pedicels 3/8". Calyx tube broadly campanulate,
truncate, strigulose, lobes subobsolete; corolla papilionaceous, white or pink;
androecium monadelphous; style glabrous. Legume substipitate, indehiscent,
elliptic or half-elliptic, flattened but thick, woody, glabrous. Seed 1. S.E.
Asia. (ISE)
Plants listed in the manual include:
Pongamia pinnata |