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Milletia pinnata , popularly known as Karanja, is a perennial tropical tree indigenous to India, South-Eastern Asia, and Australia. This highly favored oilseed plant is used in agroforestry as well as for restoration of wastelands due to its moderate tolerance to drought and salinity. Karanja tree, though widely investigated as biofuel feedstock producer, possess wider commercializing values that can be exploited in agricultural and industrial sectors. The oil, leaves, and bark of the Karanja tree have remarkable medicinal properties. In contrast, oil cakes have broad pesticidal applications due to the presence of various bioactive constituents (e.g., karanjin and pongamol). Due to richness in proteins and fatty acids, oil cakes have also been utilized as feedstock for industrially relevant enzyme production and animal feed. In this paper, we have presented the recent and updated review of varied applications of Karanja biomass classified into medicinal, industrial, and agricultural applications.