Pongamia

Pongamia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Millettieae
Genus:	Pongamia; Adans.
Synonyms
	Cajum Kuntze ; Fordia Hemsl. ; Ibatiria W.E.Cooper;

Pongamia is a genus of plant in the family Fabaceae. The genus, formerly treated as monotypic, was extended to include 54 species in 2025, following research that showed the genus Millettia was paraphyletic. This expanded genus also includes the former genera Fordia and Ibatiria.

Species

The following 54 species are recognised by Plants of the World Online:

Pongamia ademae Z.Q.Song
Pongamia ahernii (Merr. & Rolfe) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia borneensis (Adema) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia brachybotrys (Merr.) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia brachycarpa (Merr.) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia brandisiana (Kurz) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia calcicola (Mattapha, G.P.Lewis & Hawkins) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia cana (Benth. ex Baker) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia caudata (Benth.) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia cauliflora (Hemsl.) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia chrysamaryssa (Adema) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia craibii Z.Q.Song
Pongamia cubittii (Dunn) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia densiflora (Mattapha, Lanors. & Lamxay) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia diptera (Gagnep.) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia erythrocalyx (Gagnep.) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia furfuracea (W.E.Cooper) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia glaucescens (Kurz) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia griffithii (Dunn) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia harmandii (Gagnep.) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia kangensis (Craib) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia lanceolata (Ridl.) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia longipes (Perkins) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia macrostachya (Collett & Hemsl.) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia merrillii (Perkins) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia multiflora (Collett & Hemsl.) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia nepalensis (R.Parker) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia nigrescens (Gagnep.) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia ophirensis (Ridl.) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia oraria (Hance) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia pauciflora (Dunn) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia peguensis (Ali) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia penicillata (Gagnep.) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia phuwuaensis (Mattapha & Suddee) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre
Pongamia platyphylla (Merr. ex Dunn) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia principis (Gagnep.) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia pterocarpa (Dunn) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia puerarioides (Prain) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia pulchra (Voigt) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia pyrrhocarpa (Mattapha, F.Forest & Hawkins) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia rheophytica (Buijsen) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia sirindhorniana (Mattapha, Thananth., Kaewmuan & Suddee) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia solomonensis (Verdc.) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia splendidissima (Blume ex Miq.) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia stipularis (Prain) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia stipulata (Dunn) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia suddeei (Mattapha & Tetsana) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia tecta (Craib) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia tenuipes (Merr.) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia tetraptera (Kurz) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia tomentosa (Mattapha & Tetsana) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia xylocarpa (Miq.) Z.Q.Song
Pongamia yunnanensis (Pamp.) Z.Q.Song

References

1 2 3 4 "Pongamia Adans". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
↑ Wendy E. Cooper, Darren M. Crayn, Frank A. Zich, Rebecca E. Miller, Melissa Harrison, Lars Nauheimer. "A review of Austrocallerya and Pongamia (Leguminosae subfamily Papilionoideae) in Australia, and the description of a new monotypic genus, Ibatiria". Australian Systematic Botany 32(4), 363-384 (29 August 2019) https://doi.org/10.1071/SB18039
1 2 Song, Zhuqiu; Xu, Liansheng; Balan, Anoop Puthuparampil; Gaudeul, Myriam; Zhao, Yiyong; Jiang, Kaiwen; Li, Tian; Li, Shijin (2025). "Phylogenomics reveals a new generic delimitation of Asian Millettia, with reinstatements of Pongamia and Otosema (Fabaceae: Millettieae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 204 108254. Bibcode:2025MolPE.20408254S. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108254. PMID 39615640. Retrieved 2026-09-10.

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[powo-1] 1 2 3 4 "Pongamia Adans". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 September 2026.

[Cooper-2] Wendy E. Cooper, Darren M. Crayn, Frank A. Zich, Rebecca E. Miller, Melissa Harrison, Lars Nauheimer. "A review of Austrocallerya and Pongamia (Leguminosae subfamily Papilionoideae) in Australia, and the description of a new monotypic genus, Ibatiria". Australian Systematic Botany 32(4), 363-384 (29 August 2019) https://doi.org/10.1071/SB18039

[Song-3] 1 2 Song, Zhuqiu; Xu, Liansheng; Balan, Anoop Puthuparampil; Gaudeul, Myriam; Zhao, Yiyong; Jiang, Kaiwen; Li, Tian; Li, Shijin (2025). "Phylogenomics reveals a new generic delimitation of Asian Millettia, with reinstatements of Pongamia and Otosema (Fabaceae: Millettieae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 204 108254. Bibcode:2025MolPE.20408254S. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108254. PMID 39615640. Retrieved 2026-09-10.