Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Papilionaceae | Genus: Pongamia | Species:
Pongamia pinnata
(Linn.) Pierre
( करंज ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| 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 |
