Ecology
What this tree does for the land
Fixes nitrogen, restores degraded land, and stabilises bunds and canal banks.
Income-bearing species
🌳 Pongamia · புங்கை
Pungai — Nitrogen-fixing shade tree; seeds press into biofuel-grade oil.
Traditional uses
What this tree gives
- •Seed oil (biofuel)
- •Green manure
- •Shade
- •Fodder
Community income
What a tree earns
Cumulative income a village guardian or co-op can draw from one tree of this species, at each horizon.
5 years
₹1.0k
per tree, cumulative
10 years
₹14.0k
per tree, cumulative
20 years
₹60.0k
per tree, cumulative
Pod yields build from year 5; strong oil-seed income at maturity.
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