Description:
Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) »
Millettia pinnata mil-LET-ee-uh -- named for J A Millett, French botanist pin-NAY-tuh -- meaning, feather-shaped commonly known as: Indian beech tree, karum tree, oil tree, pongam tree, poonga-oil tree, seashore mempari • Assamese: karchaw • Bengali: করঞ্জ karanja • Gujarati: કરંજ karanja • Hindi: करंज karanj, पापड़ papar, सुखचैन sukhchain, व्याघ्रनखी vyaghranakhi • Kannada: ಹೊಮ್ಗೆ homge • Konkani: करंजी karamji • Malayalam: പൊങ്ങ് pong, ഉങ്ങ് ung • Marathi: करज karaja, करंज karanja • Oriya: koranjo • Prakrit: करंज karamja • Sanskrit: करञ्ज karañja, नक्तमाला naktamala • Tamil: புன்கு punku, புன்னை punnai, நத்தம் nattam, நீர்ப்புன்கு nir-p-punku, தட்டைப்புன்கு tattai-p-punku • Telugu: కానుగు kanugu, కరంజము karañjamu, కోవి kovi, వ్యాఘ్రనఖము vyaghra-nakhamu Native to: Asia, northern Australia References:
Flowers of India •
ILDIS •
Wikipedia •
NPGS / GRIN. Date: 7 April 2007, 10:46. Source:
Indian Beech Tree. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India. Camera location
18° 45′ 31.54″ N, 73° 23′ 34.05″ E View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 18.758762; 73.392792.