करञ्जः  – Pongamia glabra

 

Name – करञ्जः

Botanical name – Pongamia glabra

Description – A dwarf deciduous tree with short bole and spreading shady crown having smooth grey bark. Trifoliate leaves are bright-green and glossy. Leaves often marred by the ‘presence of insects which make ugly patches under the surface tissue. Flowers half an inch long, lilac or mauve-coloured resembling those of Milletia, borne in short racemes in .the axils of the leaves. Flowers in leafless condition in the last week of April to May