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Pongam
Pongamia pinnata
(L.) Pierre
pon-GAM-ee-a pin-NAY-ta
Fabaceae (Legumes)
Key to
Pongamia
Explanation
of name:
Pogamia
is a native Malayan name. Pinnata means featherlike.
Natural
range:
Tropical Asia and Australia (BA2)
Recognition:
Glabrous tree. Leaves odd-pinnate with 5 to 7 ovate leaflets, 1-1/2" to
3"long. Flowers loosely racemose, white or pink, papilionaceous, about ½" long.
Fruit flattened but thick legume, 1"-2" long (ISE, WA1)
Landscape
uses:
Specimen tree, shade tree (BR1)
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Botanical |
English |
FL
Native |
Growth form |
Flowering
Season |
Typical
Dimensions |
Suggested
Spacing |
Cultural
Conditions |
Problems |
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Pongamia pinnata |
Pongam |
Exotic |
Tree |
SP
(BR1, HOR) |
25'-45' tall
35'-40' wide
(HOR,
WA1) |
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DT
ST
SU
WI
WD
(BR1,WA1,HOR)
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Very flammable
(HOR) |
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