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Parkia bicolor A.Chev.

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HIGHER TAXON: Parkieae

GENUS: Parkia R.Br.

Parkia bicolor A.Chev. [Preferred name]
    Parkia agboensis A.Chev. {Synonym}
    Parkia klainei A.Chev. {Synonym}
    Parkia zenkeri Harms {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [51]; Benin (N) [51]; Cameroon (N) [51]; Gabon (N) [51]; Ghana (N) [51]; Guinea (N) [51]; Ivory Coast (N) [51]; Liberia (N) [51]; Nigeria (N) [51]; Sierra Leone (N) [51]; Zaire (N) [51]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [51];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [13, 51] ; Distribution Map [51, 2336] ; Illustration [7, 13, 51, 2337]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2001-03 Hopkins HF ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Hopkins HF ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM

  
USES:
  Medicine [14]; Wood [14]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

7.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1952
    Flore du Congo Belge,Vol.3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae.

13.

  Voorhoeve, A.G., 1965
    Liberian High Forest Trees

14.

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

51.

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

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
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