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Family: Papilionaceae	Genus: Pongamia	Species: Pongamia pinnata (Linn.) Pierre ( करंज )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Pongamia glabra Vent., Dalbergia arborea Willd., Galedupa indica Lam.	Flower Color	Red - Pink
Common Name	Indian Beech Tree, Pongame Oil Tree, Karanj	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Pongam Tree, Hongay Oil Tree	Flowering Period	Jan-March
Vernacular /Local Name	Karanj	Fruiting Period	April-June
Altitude	Upto 1000m	Fruit Type	Pod
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	A pod, obliquely oblong, woody, compress, curved at apex. Seed 1, reniform
Habitat	Mostly at river banks and ravines	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Indo-Malesia	Bark Details	Bark grey, smooth, speckled with brown; blaze-yellow
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Gurgaon, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Panipat, Rewari, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Pinnate
Description of Species	Trees upto18 m high, bark grey, smooth, speckled with brown; blaze-yellow. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate; stipules lateral, small, oblong, cauducous; rachis pulvinate, pubescent; leaflets 5-7, opposite, estipellate; leaflet elliptic-acuminate, elliptic-lanceolate, ovate or ovate-oblong, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, chartaceous; Flowers bisexual, purplish-white, in lax axillary racemes; calyx tube campanulate; minutely 5 toothed, apex truncate; corolla exserted; petals 5, clawed. Fruit a pod, obliquely oblong, flat, thick, pointed at both ends, indehiscent, slightly falcate; seed one, reniform.	Leaf Details	Leaves imparipinnate, alternate; stipules lateral, small, oblong, cauducous; rachis pulvinate, pubescent; leaflets 5-7, opposite, estipellate; leaflet elliptic-acuminate, elliptic-lanceolate, ovate or ovate-oblong, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, chartaceous

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