▁and ▁p ung ai ▁oil . ▁ ▁Cult iv ation ▁ ▁M ille tt ia ▁p inn ata ▁is ▁native ▁to ▁South ▁and ▁S out heast ▁Asia . ▁Kn own ▁in ▁various ▁languages ▁as ▁Indian ▁be ech , ▁p ong am , ▁kar anja , ▁hon ge , ▁kan uga , ▁p ong u ▁and ▁n akt am ala , ▁it ▁is ▁now ▁grown ▁all ▁over ▁the ▁world . ▁Typ ically ▁the ▁plant ▁starts ▁yield ing ▁pod s ▁from ▁the ▁fifth ▁year ▁on ▁with ▁the ▁yields ▁increasing ▁each ▁year ▁until ▁it ▁stabil izes ▁around ▁the ▁t enth ▁year . ▁Se eds ▁are ▁usually ▁har v ested ▁in ▁the ▁spring , ▁each ▁seed ▁we igh ing ▁from ▁about ▁ ▁to ▁. ▁The ▁yield ▁per ▁tree ▁can ▁range ▁from ▁about ▁ ▁to ▁more ▁than ▁ ▁depending ▁on ▁conditions , ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁ 1 5 0 0 - 1 7 0 0 ▁se eds ▁per ▁kil ogram . ▁Histor ically ▁the ▁pod s ▁are ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁trees ▁by ▁be ating ▁the ▁branches ▁with ▁st icks ▁and ▁dec ort ic ated ▁using ▁mal lets ▁or ▁stones . ▁Research ▁is ▁on going ▁into ▁mechanical ▁har vest ing ▁methods . ▁ ▁The ▁basic ▁nut r itional ▁components ▁of ▁M ille tt ia ▁p inn ata ▁se eds ▁may ▁change ▁depending ▁on ▁the ▁season ▁and ▁m atur ity ▁of ▁the ▁tree ▁but ▁in ▁general ▁are ▁as ▁follows : ▁ ▁Description ▁P ong am ia ▁oil ▁is ▁extracted ▁from ▁the ▁se eds ▁by ▁exp eller ▁pressing , ▁cold