A well known hindi name of this tree is Karang (करंज) In our childhood my grandmom used to apply this oil on our cracked heels I don't know scientifically but karang's home-made oil has ability to heal small wounds and cracks.

Pongamia tree (honge mara) is grown in every road in Bangalore. There is a song in Kannada(our native language) that speaks about the cool effect of this tree’s shade and how one can sleep blissfully under it even during scorching heat.

The name of the tree is pongamia pinnata, for those having difficulty understanding

Just need to silence the corn loby

I don't even know how to spell the name of the tree because it is not even mentioned in the title or description.

And you'll never hear about this tree again!

The Telugu name of this tree is "kaanuga cheTTu". Never heard that this has the potential to produce both food and fuel!!

In Tamil Nadu state India this is called Pungai maram, it's very common in the streets and forests, gald to see them as the alternative fuel product❤🎉

As an Indian, I really hope you guys succeed in your initiative. Hope this will bring new energy to mother earth. ❤

This tree grows in wild in Jharkhand, India. We call it Karanj or Koronjo. It's seed paste was used as lubricant in wheels of wooden Bullock-Cart.

The Indian Government tried their best to implement a mass plantation drive for Jatropha two decades ago but failed badly due to lack of processing, lack of awareness of farmers about the tree, etc Now no one talks of it in India Best luck

Pungai tree in TAMIL language is a well known medicinal value tree here in TAMILNADU ,INDIA. It's air is so pure that will heal the wounds.It's oil extracted from the seeds are so valuable

I really hope this works out!

Scale it up and make it cheaper than crude oil....then you got yourself a deal.

This tree was in hour home we cut it down when we were expending our house. Wow. One thing is certain it have great shade so you can relax and sleep under a t without any fan.

Pungai maram (in Tamil) is widely seen on streets and grown for shade. Every street in Tamil Nadu (India) has 5-6 of these. Hope someone in India takes up this business model. 🎉

You will find these along the roads in Delhi and Bangalore. The sidewalks fill with dried fruit capsules in the ripening season.

I always knew this tree has something special in it. Born and raised in Punjab, had these trees in my garden.

North india hindi name of this tree is karanj , my village have hundreds of this tree

Would honestly rather the feds subsidize efforts like this than subsidize yet more wind and solar. We need a variety of approaches, not just one big one, and this one doesn't involve insane amounts of additional mining that we aren't currently doing.

I am from India. There are a lot of pongamia trees in our locality. But we don't know about such potential of this trees. Thanks for the information

Grew up watching this tree every day in my yard. Feels like home and brings back memories whenever I look at this tree.

Is this crop better than other biofuels? Some comparisons would be useful.

In Tamil its called pongamaram. Well known and used in tamilnadu for shade and cooling.

Punga maram in Tamil, Oil used for wound healing, skin diseases etc in Siddhaa for long. nice to hear about its use as bio fuel, but will it be sustainable and enough for the demand....

Let's see how this works. I remember news about Jatropha a few years back. Haven't heard from those again.

It's native is Tamilnadu. Pungai tree

Karanj tree in hindi,its largely use for ayurvedic and yunani medicine from centuries.

Pongamia is listed as an invasive species in the state of Queensland in Australia and is likely considered an invasive species in other parts of the country as well.

In kannada it's called " honge mara" Next to the baniyan tree this has the best shade and really keeps the surrounding cool

I have seen the seeds of this tree countless times growing up but never knew the name of the tree. Thanks.

In India JATROPA is the tree from which Bio Diesel is made . There is a farm near Kakinada . Research by DRDO .

India.....you beauty 🙏🙏🙏

Oh I like multi use resources that are green and regenerative. Didn't mention if it's drought/flood resistance being as the climate is changing with the weather patterns. Hate to see the oranges and grapefruit gone but the bees are happy it appears and that is a multi use industry in itself. Might be some interesting honey . Wow I looked for more information about the tree and it is a medicinal tree and the castings from the seed can be used as a organic fertilizer and natural pesticides.

Very cool to see this. Hopefully this works out.

Cool, but monocultures are very bad for the land. You need diversification to make healthy soil, or else this land will die and the trees cannot grow…

This grow very fast and provide great shelter in summer. I have these in my backyard.

This looks promising. Let’s see how it will perform.

Greetings from Redondo Beach 🇺🇸🇺🇸Wonderful narration and nice video🌷🌷

Wow this sounds wonderful !

Wow this pungai maram. I didnt about the oil content but the tree is a natural air cooler. Sleeping under this tree would be like heaven

In my local language from South India this tree is called 'HONGE' tree. ~20 years back I had heard about it being used to produce biodiesel fuel. I hope the US can make it succeed.

This was at my home garden for all these years!!!!!!

Wow this is new to me. It is literally found every where here in north east India

Wonderful our Karaj tree as we call it in marathi, we find them in hundreds and thousands around where I live

Super cool!

Adapt and overcome 🌱

How much fuel can 1 tree produce each yr….after its 5y maturity? How many yrs can it produce? What is the fuel cost of production per gallon? What are the emissions?

This is called "PUNGAN" in our childhood days the seeds with cover is hanged to prevent diseases

Let's do it! 🌿

I have many of these trees in my home in India but have never processed it. In my grandparents day they used to process it.

In india we have so many..i sm from Telangana ( india) our state have so many trees road side these plants... outside of my home we have 2 big trees for shade purpose..

It’s also used as antibiotic next to neem leaves

How can I grow my own Pongamia tree ?

In Maharashtra called as karaj or karajai this oil used in small fishing boat in coating of varnish

hummm its $67 a GALLON for that oil he showed, SO how much would a GALLON of gas cost? and the Karanja Oil on AMZ works out to $80 PER GALLON? so again.. a gallon of fuel would be how much?

We need farmers like you

It's extremely tough to get more efficient than gas because of the energy density but it would be interesting to learn if this has any promise.

How much water does it need? What if any are the downside

This is called " kaanuga " in Telugu , I used this tree branches as tooth bresh in my childhood

Many years ago Jathropa was mentioned but it went silent…

what is the stock ticker for this company?

Was thinking some years ago,how can water content/dry grain,flower,nuts,etc give out oil.

How fast does it grow though?

In Indonesia and Malaysia, they process palm trees into biodiesel. It is already sold (and used nationwide), cheaper than regular diesel (with subsidies) or similar price without subsidies. Literal gas growing on trees. 100% you guys didnt know this exist, because west media doesnt want you to know.

You mean corn and ethanol?

And how much water does it take to grow in Florida?

அட நம்ம புங்கை மரம்❤

I have this tree in front of my house. The temperature under the tree is much cooler than outside.

We have 3 three pongamia trees in our backyard.

How much yield of oil per hectare?

These trees are everywhere in my home state

Fascinating. Upward anf onward

finally an actual renewable energy source

I pray that it is not another foreign invasive species as so many other helpful imports have been.

There are a lot of these types of wild trees along our roads . I'm from northeast parts of india

What, just the one of them?

How will climate affect the trees.

i have some pods from outer space

These trees used to be in our school ground.

when i was a child, we used to play with those seeds in my school ground

great!!!

Wasn't there something called swatch grass that was going to do that?

Looks like the newest invasive plant in the US. Why couldn’t it be grown in India and put into production there?

The oil extracted help in knee joint pain' relief

With GM of these and other plants, the yields could be dramatically improved.

The Wongblasi name for this tree is Hoolagutarotamamu grebablatabuman.

What's the catch? Someone pls tell us

pongamia pinnata (also known as karanj papdi tree in India)

In my native South Indian telugu language it is called ganuga chettu in the tribal village of gk veedhi of Visakhapatnam in andhra pradesh they are already running a genset for electricity as the village is very remote using this oil

After ten decades, we all forget it .

Growing up as a child in india this tree was everywhere, in schools and road side giving shade. But now,no where.

Cant complete with palm tree oil. There was also recycled cooking oil that was converted and already used in commercial jet.

Big business will never let it happen. Remember tucker and the guy who made the engine run on water!!

Would someone spell out the name of this ancient tree/thanks

How this plant went to west ?

can it compete with oil palm that bearing fruit every month, with 25% oil and 15 kg per bunch?

Karanj oil is pretty famous in villages . Especially in laterite areas of west bengal among the tribes .

Firestone/Bridgestone(?) has been experimenting with Guayule for many years. Nothing came of that either.

Very interesting - and you get permanent tree plantations as opposed to sugarcane or corn fields in the bargain - very interesting indeed