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Indian Beech Tree or Pongam Tree, புங்கமரம்

Common name: Indian Beech TreeScientific name: Millettia pinnata (Pongamia pinnata)Photo credit: D.MahamuniPhoto shot at: Near Environmental Sciences Block, BDU 


This widespread short tree makes the campus green round the year. very much drought-tolerant. One of the important tree with several medicianl properties. Oil from seeds used traditionally for various purposes.  

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