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Pongamia pinnata fruit extract

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Pongamia pinnata fruit extract in plain language

What it is

Also known as Pongamia pinnata fruit · Honge fruit · Indian beech fruit · Karanja fruit · Karum tree fruit · Naktamala fruit

Show all 23 names

Pongam fruit · Pongame oiltree fruit · Poonga oil tree fruit · Pungai fruit · Cytisus pinnatus fruit · Dalbergia arborea fruit · Derris indica fruit · Galedupa indica fruit · Galedupa pinnata fruit · Galedupa pungum fruit · Millettia novo-guineensis fruit · Millettia pinnata fruit · Pongamia glabra fruit · Pongamia mitis fruit · Pongamia xerocarpa fruit · Pterocarpus flavus fruit · Robinia mitis fruit

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a hair conditioner. Pongamia Pinnata Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruits of Pongamia pinnata (L.), Fabaceae.

  • Hair conditioning
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

What we know about this ingredient

FDA GSRS classifies this ingredient as ingredient substance structurallydiverse.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Pongamia pinnata fruit extract appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substance2 entries
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as concept.Source →
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.Source →
  • EUCosIngActivePongamia Pinnata Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruits of Pongamia pinnata (L.), Fabaceae
    • Pongamia Pinnata Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruits of Pongamia pinnata (L.), FabaceaeSource →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Pongamia pinnata fruit extract. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

  • SCCS

    EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety

    No SCCS opinion on file.

  • CIR

    Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)

    No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Pongamia pinnata fruit extract yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

3 data sources

Where this comes from

  • CosIng

    regulatory · updated 2026-09-23

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

    Open →

Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.