Pongamia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Millettieae
Genus: Pongamia
Species: P. pinnata
Name

Pongamia Adans., Fam. Pl. (Adanson) 2: 322, 593 (1763), nom. et orth. cons.
Synonyms

Cajum Kuntze

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Tropical
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, China Southeast, Christmas I., East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya
Introduced into:
Egypt, Mauritius, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Réunion, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Adanson, M. 1763. Familles des Plantes. I. partie. cccxxv + 190 pp., Paris: Vincent. BHL Reference page. 2: 322

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pongamia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pongamia. Published online. Accessed: Mar 07 2021. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Pongamia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Mar 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Pongamia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 07. Reference page.

Vernacular names