Pongamia Millettia Pinnata was born in areas where coastal tides reach. The wood is dense and beautiful, and can be used to make various utensils; the seeds contain about 30% oil, which can be used as fuel; the whole plant is medicinally used for vomiting and insecticides.

Pongamia Millettia Pinnata is a tree, solitary, erect, canopy umbrella-shaped, 8-15 meters high, pinnately compound leaves, alternate, leathery, leaflets 5-7, opposite, ovate to broadly elliptic, stipules caducous, Racemes axillary, flowers often clustered on nodes of inflorescence rachis, calyx broadly campanulate, calyx teeth extremely inconspicuous, rust-colored sparsely pubescent, corolla white or light red, petals long claws, stamens (9 +1) Group II, the ovary has rust-colored pubescent hairs, the style is extremely short, the pod is woody, rectangular, with a slightly knife-shaped tip at both ends, flat and glabrous, 1 seed, oblate spherical, black, rich in oil. Flowering in June.
Pongamia Millettia Pinnata floats on water because of the woody peel. In the tropics, Pongamia Millettia Pinnata is transported by ocean currents and migrates to coastal areas to reproduce.