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PONGAMIA GLABRA Vent, Synonym: Galedupa indloa Roxb. Hongay. 
In India a fixed oil was prepared from the seeds, which was supposed 
to be an effioaoioue application for itch.—Mootooswamy ( 286 ) , | This 
oil is called hong oil or Pongamia oilJ7 
This species grows in Mysore, India, It was fairly effective a- 
gainst aphids. Extracts of the powdered root bark killed only 15 to 20 
percent of the leafhoppers sprayed. Spraying with hongay oil-resin soap 
was effective against several species of mango hoppers and scale insects 
and against lepidopterous larvae,— Subramaniam ( 377-383 ) , 
A 5-percent alcoholic extract of the roots killed 10 percent of 
Prodenia litura (F.) and 80 percent of Plutella maculipennls (Curt,), 
A 10-peroent extraot killed 100 percent of P, litura , A 3-percent 
extract killed 100 percent and a 2 percent extract killed 80 peroent 
of Euproctis fraterna (Moore) ,—Puttarudriah and Subramaniam ( 511 ) . 
PONGAMIA PINMATA (L.) W. F. Wight, Synonym: P. glabra Vent. 
The oil of the seeds was an excellent remedy for itch or mange,-- 
Dalzell and Gibson (ill , p, 77), 
In India a poultice of the leaves was applied to ulcers infested 
with worms, and the oil was one of the best native remedies for cuta- 
neous diseases, —Watt ( 422 , v. 3, p. 90) • 
A decoction from the green leaves had no effect on nasturtium 
aphids,— Mclndoo and Sievers (259 , p, 23), 
PSORALEA CORYLIFOLIA L. Babchi. 
An extract of the seeds mixed with kerosene gave poor results as 
a mosquito larvicide.—Wats and Bharucha ( 420 ), 
PSORALEA PEDUNCULATA (Mill,) Vail. Sampson snakeroot. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle,— Metzger and 
Grant (277). 
PUERARIA THUNBERGIANA (Sieb. ft Zucc.) Benth, Kudzu vine. 
Extracts killed none of the mosquito larvae tested,— Harts ell and 
Wilcoxon (188 ), 
ROBINIA PSEUDACACIA L. Common locust. 
Infusions of the powdered bark mixed with manure were slightly 
effective against fly larvae,— Cook and Hutchison ( 103 , p, 4) , 
