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Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.)G.Don

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HIGHER TAXON: Parkieae

GENUS: Parkia R.Br.

Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.)G.Don [Preferred name]
    Parkia africana R.Br. {Synonym}
    Parkia clappertoniana Keay {Synonym}
    Parkia filicoidea sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Parkia intermedia Oliv. {Synonym}
    Parkia oliveri J.F.Macbr. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  African Locust Bean Tree

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Benin (N) [51]; Burkina (N) [51]; Cameroon (N) [51]; Central African Rep. (N) [51]; Chad (N) [51]; Gambia The (N) [51]; Ghana (N) [51]; Guinea (N) [51]; Guinea Bissau (N) [51]; Ivory Coast (N) [51]; Mali (N) [51]; Niger (N) [51]; Nigeria (N) [51]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [51]; Senegal (N) [51, 3320]; Sierra Leone (N) [51]; Sudan (N) [51]; Togo (N) [23]; Uganda (N) [3232]; Zaire (N) [3232]
  Asia
India (I) [1914]; Tamil Nadu [1914]; Indonesia (I) [3232]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [3232]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (I) [1337]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; woodland [51];
    Sudanian woodland [51];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [51, 3178, 3235] ; Distribution Map [51, 2336, 3235] ; Illustration [11, 51, 2337, 3178, 3235, 3320]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2001-03 Hopkins HF, 2001-09 Bisby FA, 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Hopkins HF ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Fibre [1985]; Food and Drink [14, 51, 1985, 3235, 3236]; Forage [51, 1985, 3235, 3236]; Medicine [14, 1985, 3235, 3236]; Wood [1985]

  
NOTES:
  Bat-pollinated, with floral scent and nectar. [3320]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

11.

  Keay, R.W.J., 1958
    Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2

14.

  Dalziel, J.M., 1937
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

23.

  Ern, H., 1984
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.

51.

  Hopkins, H.C., 1983
    Bot.J.Linn.Soc.87:135-167. Taxonomy...of Parkia..in Africa..

1337.

  Hopkins, H.C.F., 1986
    Fl. Neotrop. 43:1-124 Parkia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae)

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1985.

  Lock, J.M., 1989
    Legumes of Africa:a check-list. RBG Kew.

2336.

  Hopkins, H.C. & White, F., 1984
    Distributiones Plantarom Africanum 27:893-897

2337.

  Hagos, T.H., 1962
    Acta Botanica Neerlandica 11:231-265 Rev. Parkia in Africa

3178.

  Hopkins, H.C.F., 1994
    Kew Bull.49(2):181-234 The Indo-Pacific species of Parkia

3232.

  Hopkins, H.C.F., 2001
    Pers. comm.

3235.

  Hall, J.B. et al., 1997
    Parkia biglobosa, a monograph.

3236.

  Ovedraogo, A.S., 1995
    Parkia biglobosa du Afrique de l'Ouest: Biosystematique et

3320.

  Pettersson, S. & Knudsen, J.T., 2001
    Bot.Journ.Linn.Soc.135:97-106 Flora scent and nectar prod...
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