Pongamia pinnata--Tanzania. Zanzibar. Protea Hotel+Mbweni Ruins. 17 Jul 04. 012.jpg
Native to 35 botanical countries across Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, and Pacific; introduced into Comoros, DR Congo, Egypt, Leeward Is., Mauritius, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Rodrigues, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Tanzania, Zanzibar (Kiembesamaki, Mbweni Ruins)
-6.21025, 39.201778
Location Remarks
Protea Hotel and Mbweni Ruins.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Pongamia
Specific Epithet
pinnata
Authorship
(L.) Pierre
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 11.0
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.6
Global rank
#80,892 of 335,497
Top 25%
Extinction probability
6%
