Pongamia Seeds

We are involved in offering the pongamia seeds for cultivation. These seeds are tolerant to water logging, saline and alkaline soils and can withstand harsh climates. The pongamia seeds are largely exploited for the extraction of non-edible oil, which is well known for its medicinal properties. These seeds are bitter in taste as well as smell and are pale, fatty and brown. Our quality inspectors undertake various quality tests, to ensure that all the production and packaging processes are carried on in an efficient manner.

Botanical Name : Pongamia Pinnata
Family name : Fabaceae (Leguminaceae)
Common Name : Indian Beech, Poongam oil tree, Honge, Ponge.
Available Varities :
1.Pongamia Pinnata seeds and Seedlings
2.Pongamia Glabra
3.Millettia Pinnata
Fresh fruits are appetizer, astringent, alleviative of thirst and generative of phlegm.  Ripe fruit is refrigerant, appetizer and alleviative of bile and thirst”
Part Used: Seeds, stem, leaves, fruit, root and oil from the seeds.
Constituents: Seeds contain bitter (in taste as well as smell) pale, fatty, sherry (brown) coloures oil 27 to 36.4 p.c known as Pongamia oil (Pongamik) or Honge oil. “ Beside the fixed oil the seeds contain traces of an essential oil. Bark contains a bitter alkaloid, resin, mucilage, sugar but no tannin.  Leaves also contain a bitter substance. 
Karanjin” a crystalline constituent  of the oil. The new compound ‘Karanjin; (S18 H12 O4) has been shown to be the methylether of  Karanjonol  which possesses feeble tinctorial properties.  Acetyl and benzoyl derivatives and the ethyl ether of Karanjonol are also described.  On hydrolysis Karanjin gives (1) benzoic acid (2)a phenolic body. (3) Karanjol carboxylic acid which melts at 200 celcius with decoposition, and (4) a neutral, sweet smelling liquid with Ketonic properties B.P. about 230 celcius.  “The fatty acid present in the oil include myristic 0.23; palmitic 6.06; stearic 2.19; arachidic 4.30; lignoceric 3.22; dihydroxysrearic 4.36; lino lenic 0.46; linolic 9.72 and oleic acid 61.30 percent, together with 3.56 percent, of unsaponifiable matter.
Action: Expressed oil from the seeds has antisperic and stimulant healing properties. Oil appears to be an active sgebt as the residue after expression is inert. Seeds, leaves, root and oil are anti parasitics; they destroy both vegetable and animal parasites is skin diseases.

Bark is astringent. Powdered seeds are a febrifuge and tonic,and have expectorant properties. Leaves are also cholagogue.

Uses: Oil is applied to skin diseases, in scabies, stores, and the like cases of eczema have been benefited by applying a mixture of the oil and zinc oxide (1 drachm to 1 ounce of the oil).  “Internally the oil has sometimes been used as a stomachic and cholagogue in case of dyspepsia with sluggish liver” An embrocation made of equal parts of the oil and lemon juice is an application in rheumatism (muscular and articular), I psoriasis, porrigo capitis and pityriasis.  Decoction of the leaves is applied as bath or fomentation to rheumatic joints.  Leaves are also used in diarrhea and in cough.  Juice of the stem, leaves and root is useful similarly.  For destroying worms of foul ulcers and fistulous sores, juice of the root by itself or with that of Neem and Nirgund or the leaves of all of these ground into a paste are used.