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Parkinsonia aculeata L.

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HIGHER TAXON: Caesalpinieae

GENUS: Parkinsonia L.

Parkinsonia aculeata L. [Preferred name]
    Parkinsonia thornberi M.E.Jones {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Acacia [2157]; Acacia De Los Masones [2157]; Aroma Extranjera [2157]; Bayahonda Blanca [2157]; Cambron [2157]; Capinillo [2157]; Cateping [1915]; Cina-cina [1140]; Genet Epineux [1915]; Jerusalem Thorn [107, 1915, 2002, 2023, 2153]; Junco [1470]; Lluvia De Oro [2157]; Madame Naiz [2157]; Madame Yass [2157]; Mexican Palo Verde [2023, 2089]; Mulvakai [4751]; Pino Japones [2157]; Quatre Epingles [1915]; Retama [1470]; Vilayati Babul [3030]; Vilayti Kikar [3016, 3030]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (I) [8, 110]; Cameroon (I) [8]; Cape Verde (I) [8]; Chad (I) [8]; Djibouti (I) [8]; Ethiopia (I) [125]; Gambia The (I) [11]; Ghana (I) [8]; Kenya (I) [106]; Libya (I) [141]; Mali (I) [11]; Mauritania (I) [8]; Mozambique (I) [8]; Namibia (I) [107]; Niger (I) [78]; Nigeria (I) [11]; Senegal (I) [11]; Sierra Leone (I) [11]; Somalia (I) [125]; South Africa (I) [107]; Sudan (I) [11]; Tanzania (I) [106]; Uganda (I) [106]; Zaire (I) [113]; Zimbabwe (I) [8]
  Asia
Bangladesh (I) [3383]; Cambodia (I) [1935]; Hainan (I) [3405]; India (I) [1914, 3017, 3020, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3108, 3140, 3366, 3371, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3377, 3378, 3384, 3387]; Andhra Pradesh [3384]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [3366]; Bihar [3371]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3366]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3366]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3108]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3026]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3387]; West Bengal [3378]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (U) [1969, 3898]; Iran (I) [1939]; Iraq (I) [1939]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Laos (I) [1935]; Myanmar (I) [3366]; Pakistan (I) [2021]; Sri Lanka (I) [2023]; Thailand (I) [2002]; Vietnam (I) [1935]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880];
  Caribbean
Bahamas (N) [2153, 2157]; Dominican Republic (U) [2157]; Haiti (U) [2157]; Jamaica (I) [1056]
  Central America
Costa Rica (N) [1367, 1658]; El Salvador (I) [2156]; Guatemala (N) [1645]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [1470]; Mexico(South East) (N) [1117, 1470]; Panama (N) [1606]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (I) [1982, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]
  Middle East
Oman (I) [1939]; South Yemen (I) [1939]; Yemen (I) [1939]
  North America
United States (N) [1056, 1361, 1430, 1431, 1470, 1542, 1606, 1614, 1680, 1712, 1714, 1915, 2157, 3157]; Arizona [3157]; California [3157]; Florida [3157]; Louisiana [3157]; Mississippi [3157]; South Carolina [3157]; Texas [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Hawaii (I) [1949]; Northern Marianas (I) [2235]
  South America
Argentina (N) [1056, 1114, 1226, 1233, 1361, 1430, 1508, 1530, 1606, 1712, 1915]; Bolivia (N) [1289]; Brazil (N) [1233, 1414]; Colombia (N) [1292]; Ecuador (I) [3089]; Galapagos (N) [1712]; Peru (N) [1442]; Surinam (N) [1408]; Uruguay (N) [1114]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [3, 106, 113, 1140, 1470, 1862, 1915, 1919, 1935, 2002, 2006, 2021, 2023, 2153, 2157, 3001, 3009, 3026, 3057, 3402, 3405, 3898] ; Distribution Map [3089] ; Illustration [141, 1056, 1140, 1292, 1470, 1862, 1915, 1919, 2006, 2153, 2157, 3069, 3089, 3386, 3405]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] [3898] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names), 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157], 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Shrub [1915] [3402] [3898], Tree [1915] [3402] [3898] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] [3898] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994/1995 Lewis GP ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1999 Bisby FA, 2003-11 (Mada

  
USES:
  Environmental [14, 106, 1915, 2021, 2023, 3402, 3898]; Fibre [3030]; Food and Drink [3030]; Forage [14, 2023, 3030]; Medicine [121, 3001]; Wood [2023, 3030]

  
NOTES:
  Sometimes cultivated in Indochina. [1935]
  Originates from tropical Central America. [1935]
  Native of America. [3898]
  Native to Southern USA, and perhaps Argentina. [1915]

  
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