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Pongamia pinnata

(L.) Pierre (1898)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Pongamia

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 4: t. 385 (1898)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Pongamia pinnata Koloa District, Lawai Valley. Cultivated the National Tropical Botanical Garden. Lower Valley Preserved_Specimen Tree of 8 ft.; leaflets dark glossy green above with yellow-green midvein, below glossy paler with raised yellow-green mid and lateral veins; fruit dark glaucous green. Flynn, T.W. 5639 Kauai BISH 1994-10-13
2 Pongamia pinnata Parcel, interdicted by USDA, en route to mainland, mailed from Oahu (Salt Lake area) Preserved_Specimen Leaves and young flower buds apparently from shrub or tree. Hoe, W.J. 5253 Oahu BISH 1994-07-15
3 Pongamia pinnata Honolulu: Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus Preserved_Specimen Tree with smooth bark, pendent branches, and purplish flowers. Herbst, D.R. 598 Oahu BISH 1967-09-15
4 Pongamia pinnata Nuuanu Valley Preserved_Specimen Tree 8 m. tall Corolla white and green Calyx purple Fosberg, F.R. 12214 Oahu BISH 1937-07-08
5 Pongamia pinnata Nuuanu Valley; roadside Preserved_Specimen Tree, probably cultivated. Gillespie, J.W. 1038 Oahu BISH 1927-07-01
6 Pongamia pinnata 12 Avenue (Kaimuki), Honolulu, T.H Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 10003 Oahu BISH 1935-06-10
7 Pongamia pinnata Koloa District, Lawai Valley. Cultivated the National Tropical Botanical Garden. Medical section Preserved_Specimen Tree of 7 ft.; leavs glossy dark green above w/ yellowish veins, below dull, paler green w/ raised yellowis midrib and veins; calyx dark reddis-brown; standard w/out: white w/ pale green basal spot, w/in: lilac w/ yellowish-green basal spot; wings lilac, keel whitish; faintly fragrant (8:30 am); immature fruit glaucous medium green. Flynn, T.W. 5789 Kauai BISH 1995-04-21
8 Pongamia pinnata Schofield Barracks: East Range Road, across street from warehouse building 3067. Part of a tree screen shielding Leilehua Golf Course from road Preserved_Specimen Single tree ca. 25' tall, branches arching' leaves pinnate, leaflets folded lengthwise; flower buds purplish white, none open; no fruits seen. Herbst, D.R. 9863 Oahu BISH 1999-02-05
9 Pongamia pinnata Honolulu, Judd Street, premises of S.A. Wilder Preserved_Specimen White with tinge of pink. No odor. Cooke, C.M. 1325 Oahu BISH 1925-01-09
10 Pongamia pinnata Foster Botanic Garden Preserved_Specimen A tree 13 m tall with an open airy crown. Flowers a blend of white and mauve with some apple green at the base of the standard; odorless (morning). In full sun. Lau, J. 1738 Oahu BISH 1985-12-12
11 Pongamia pinnata Oahu Preserved_Specimen Foster Garden staff 12607 Oahu BISH
12 Pongamia pinnata unknown Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. BISH
13 Pongamia pinnata Oahu Preserved_Specimen Foster Garden staff 12607 Oahu BISH
14 Pongamia pinnata Mrs. Foster Houoluli Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 2588 Oahu BISH 1910-01-01
15 Pongamia pinnata Mrs. Footseri Res. Houolulu Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 2578 Oahu BISH 1910-01-01
16 Pongamia pinnata unknown Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 12646 Oahu BISH 1916-01-01
17 Pongamia pinnata Mrs. Footers Parolem, Nuuanu Avenue - Nauoluln, O. glabra Ueut Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 2589 Oahu BISH
18 Pongamia pinnata University Campus Preserved_Specimen Yoshinaga, E.K. Oahu BISH 1929-11-20
19 Pongamia pinnata U.H. Campus Preserved_Specimen Octavio, A.M. Oahu BISH 1929-11-26
20 Pongamia pinnata Manoa Arboretum Preserved_Specimen Caum, E.L. Oahu BISH 1932-09-30
21 Pongamia pinnata Honolulu, University of Hawaii Preserved_Specimen Wilder, G.P. Oahu BISH 1930-10-08
22 Pongamia pinnata Tantalus Preserved_Specimen Maguire, T. Oahu BISH 1945-09-20
23 Pongamia pinnata Punahou campus Preserved_Specimen Judd, C.S. Oahu BISH 1932-03-20
24 Pongamia pinnata Honolulu, Nuuanu Valley, near Luakaha, by Dr. Morgan's place Preserved_Specimen Hudson, L.G. Oahu BISH 1944-06-01
25 Pongamia pinnata Punahou campus Preserved_Specimen Judd, C.S. Oahu BISH 1932-04-20
26 Pongamia pinnata Foster Gardens Preserved_Specimen Oahu BISH 1948-02-18
27 Pongamia pinnata Honolulu, Oahu, T. Hawaii, Planted in a Kaimuki Garden Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 8649 Oahu BISH 1933-01-01
28 Pongamia pinnata Kauai Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Kauai BISH
29 Pongamia pinnata Honolulu, Nuuanu Ave Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 2577114 Oahu BISH
30 Pongamia pinnata Koloa District: National Tropical Botanical Garden in Lawai Valley. McBryde Garden, Lower Valley Economic area, near cane haul bridge. Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Large tree with spreading crown, trunk 1.2 m diam. near base, bark smooth gray. Leaves shiny dark green above, paler beneath. Fruits green. Numerous seedlings and juveniles in vicinity. Lorence, D.H. 10981 Kauai BISH 2023-04-19
31 Pongamia pinnata Kawaihau District, near Lihue District border. Kauai Hindu Monastery, Wailua Homesteads Cultivated tree with numerous seedlings growing below mother plant. Preserved_Specimen Tree >3 meters tall with spreading canopy; leaves shiny, fruit pale green Brock, K. 1067 Kauai BISH 2017-11-29
32 Pongamia pinnata Honolulu, 3349 Round Top Dr. roadside, forest; with Montanoa hibiscifolia, Alocasia macrorrhiza, Anredera cordifolia Preserved_Specimen to 15 m tree Ray, G. 48 Oahu BISH 1997-09-06
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