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Parkia biglandulosa Wight & Arn.

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HIGHER TAXON: Parkieae

GENUS: Parkia R.Br.

Parkia biglandulosa Wight & Arn. [Preferred name]
    Mimosa pedunculata Roxb. {Doubtful synonym}
    Parkia pedunculata (Roxb.)J.F.Macbr. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Kiboko [1941]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Mozambique (I) [6]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3366]; India (I) [3015, 3020, 3022, 3027, 3118, 3178, 3366, 3587, 3604]; Andhra Pradesh [3015]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [3366]; Bihar [3587]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3366]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3366]; Madhaya Pradesh [3022]; Maharashtra [3604]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Orissa [3366]; Pondicherry [3366]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3366]; West Bengal [3118]; Myanmar (N) [3366]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (I) [1337]
  Central America
Panama (I) [1337]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [6];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1915, 1941, 3114, 3178, 3386, 3687] ; Illustration [3178]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [1941] ; Further editing: 2001-03 Hopkins HF, 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree [1915] [1941] [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1915] [1941] [3402] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Hopkins HF, 2001-03 Hopkins HF ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [3030]; Miscellaneous [3020, 3027, 3030, 3049]

  
NOTES:
  Known only from cultivation, chiefly in Bengal & tropical botanic gardens. []
  Native to Tropical Asia. [1915]
  Probably the same as Bailey's (1971) P. roxburghii R.Br., now called P. [1941]
  javanica (Lam.)Merr. [1941]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

6.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1970
    Mimosoideae.In:Flora Zambeziaca Vol.3(1).Brenan,JPM et al.

1337.

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

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1941.

  Robertson, S.A., 1989
    Flowering Plants of Seychelles. Kew

3015.

  Ellis, J.L., 1987
    Flora of Nallamalais Vol.1

3020.

  Singh, N.P., 1988
    Flora of Eastern Karnataka Vol.1

3022.

  Verma, D.M. et al., 1985
    Flora of Raipur, Durg and Rajnandgaon

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

3049.

  Santapau, H. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    A dictionary of the flowering plants in India

3114.

  Patel, R.I., 1960
    Forest Flora of Melghat

3118.

  Prain, D., 1905
    The vegetation ... Hugli-Howarh and 24-Pergunaha

3178.

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

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3386.

  Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.

3587.

  Haines, H.H., 1922
    The Botany of Bihar & Orissa, Part 3. London.

3604.

  Isaacs, M., 1927
    The Commoner Flowering Plants of Western India. Delhi.

3687.

  Yi, T.T., 1971
    Union Burma J.Life Sci.4:1-37.The Burmese Mimosaceae.

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