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Pongamia pinnata
Indian beech tree
As recorded: Millettia pinnata (L.) Panigrahi
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae
- Collected by
- Vink, W.
- Collector number
- BW 8556
- Date
- June 11, 1959
- Locality
- Near Oereb bicouac, ca. 200 km W of Hollandia
- Island
- New Guinea
- Region
- Papua Province, Indonesia
- Elevation
- 50 m
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On June 11, 1959, Vink, W. also collected 1 other specimen.
Pongamia pinnata observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1959. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,788 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-25.
2026-10-25
Anand Apartment Block-3, Anand Apartment, Nimbaj Nagar, Anand Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra 411051, India
(c) Raghunandan Patil, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
Karve Nagar, Pune, MH, IN
(c) atomicnumber47, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
Q8X4+M9G, Yamaganipalle, Andhra Pradesh 517426, India
(c) Ramavath Vijay naik, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
Q8X4+M9G, Yamaganipalle, Andhra Pradesh 517426, India
(c) Ramavath Vijay naik, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-22
Bicentennial Park, Hermit Park, QLD, AU
(c) Kymberley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-21
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN
(c) Vandana Ranjith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Pongamia pinnata. BISH 412299. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956572703. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/412299.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956572703 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026