Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pongamia pinnata var. pinnata [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre
Infraspecies:: Pongamia pinnata var. minor (Benth.) Domin

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chitaveelya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganuga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghritpuur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
guchpushpak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
honga	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
honge	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
huligili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hungay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian beech	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kagu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kannaji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanuga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
karani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karanj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karanja	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
karanji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karum tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
korangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naktmaal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
papar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitagola	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
pongamia oil tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
poonga oil tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
pungam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pungan	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
pungu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rakta honne	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shui huang pi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
shui liu dou	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
sukhchain	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thainongpai	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
udkirya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root, flower, seed, leaves, bark	juice of root, powder of seed, seed oil, essential oil from leaves	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dalbergia arborea Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 901 (1802).
Derris indica (Lam.) Bennet J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 68: 303 (1971).
Millettia novoguineensis Kaneh. & Hatus. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 56: 367 (1942).
Pongamia mitis (L.) Kurz Prelim. Rep. Forest Pegu, App. A: xlix (1875).
Pongamia mitis var. xerocarpa (Hassk.) Merr. Philipp. J. Sci. 5: 101 (1910).
Pongamia pinnata var. xerocarpa (Hassk.) Merr. Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 2: 298 (1923).
Pongamia xerocarpa Hassk. Hort. Bogor. Descr.: 208 (1858).
Robinia mitis L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1044 (1763).
Derris indica var. xerocarpa (Hassk.) Bennet J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 68: 303 (1971).
Dolichos arboreus Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 262 (1834), nom. illeg.
Galedupa arborea Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 53 (1814).
Galedupa indica Lam. Encycl. 2: 594 (1788).
Galedupa maculata Blanco Fl. Filip.: 559 (1837).
Galedupa pongam Raeusch. Nomencl. Bot. Pl. Illustr., ed. 3: 203 (1797).
Galedupa pungum J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 1086 (1792).
Pongamia galedupa Wall. in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 5878 (1831).
Pongamia glabra var. xerocarpa (Hassk.) Prain J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66: 95 (1897).
Pongamia grandifolia Zoll. & Moritzi in A.Moritzi, Syst. Verz. Java: 2 (1846), nom. illeg.
Pongamia pinnata var. glabrescens Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 3: t. 385 (1899).
Robinia amara Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 455 (1790).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dalbergia arborea Willd.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Derris indica (Lam.) Benn.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Derris indica (Lam.) Bennet	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Derris indica (Lam.)Bennet	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Derris indica (Lamk.) Bennet.	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Derris indica (Linn) Bennet	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Millettia nova-guineensis Kaneh. & Hatus.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pongamia mitis (L.)Kurz	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pongamia mitis (L.)Kurz xerocarpa (Hassk.)Merr.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pongamia pinnata (L.)Pierre xerocarpa (Hassk.)Alston	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pongamia xerocarpa Hassk.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Robinia mitis L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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