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Parkia timoriana (DC.)Merr.

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HIGHER TAXON: Parkieae

GENUS: Parkia R.Br.

Parkia timoriana (DC.)Merr. [Preferred name]
    Acacia niopo Litv. {Synonym}
    Inga timoriana DC. {Synonym}
    Mimosa biglobosa auct. non Jacq. {Misapplied}
    Mimosa peregrina Blanco {Synonym}
    Parkia africana auct. non R.Br. {Misapplied}
    Parkia biglobosa auct. {Misapplied}
    Parkia calcarata Lecomte {Synonym}
    Parkia grandis Hassk. {Synonym}
    Parkia javanica auct. {Misapplied}
    Parkia roxburghii G.Don {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Tanzania (I) [1]; Uganda (I) [1]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [2022, 3178, 3383]; Brunei (N) [2022]; Burma (N) [2022]; East Timor (N) [2022]; India (N) [1914, 1998, 2022, 3018, 3032, 3040, 3042, 3091, 3092]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [1914]; Karnataka [3018]; Meghalaya [3042]; Mizoram [1914]; Tamil Nadu [3032]; Tripura [3092]; West Bengal [3091]; Indonesia (N) [1998, 2022]; Irian Jaya (N) [2022]; Jawa (N) [2022]; Kalimantan (N) [2022]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [2022]; Malaysia (N) [1998, 2022]; Moluccas (N) [2022]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 3178]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2022]; Philippines (N) [2022, 3178]; Sabah (N) [2022]; Sarawak (N) [2022]; Singapore (N) [3178]; Sri Lanka (I) [3366]; Sulawesi (N) [2022]; Sumatera (N) [2022]; Taiwan (I) [3403]; Thailand (N) [1998, 2022]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (I) [1337]
  Central America
Costa Rica (I) [1337]
  South America
Guyana (I) [1337]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [1];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1998, 2022, 2111, 2996, 3018, 3042, 3092, 3178, 3403, 3898] ; Distribution Map [2022, 3178] ; Illustration [1998, 2022, 3178]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [2022] ; Conservation Status: Vulnerable [2996] ; Further editing: 2001-03 Hopkins HF, 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree [2022] ; Lifespan: Perennial [2022] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Hopkins HF ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Domestic [2022]; Environmental [3898]; Food and Drink [1998, 2022, 3030, 3034, 3049, 3092, 3383]; Medicine [2022, 3030]; Miscellaneous [3049]; Wood [2996]

  
NOTES:
  Nielsen regards P.javanica as a nomen dubium. [1998]
  Parkia javanica almost certainly belongs here but type specimen very poor. [3178]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1959
    Mimosoideae.In:Fl.Trop.East Africa.Hubbard & Milne-Redhead

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...

1998.

  Nielsen, I., 1985
    Flora of Thailand, Vol 4 Part 2. Mimosaceae. In:T.Smithinans

2022.

  Nielsen, I.C., 1992
    Flora Malesiana, Series I Vol II Part I Mimosaceae.

2111.

  Ridley, H.N., 1922
    Flora of the Malay Peninsula Vol I

2996.

  DeGuzman, Umali & Sotalbo, 1986
    Guide to Philippine Flora & Fauna 3:199-230. Philippines.

3018.

  Rao, R.R. & Razi, B.A., 1980
    A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District

3030.

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

3032.

  Chandrabose, M. & Nair, N.C., 1987
    Flora of Coimbatore

3034.

  Jain, S.K., 1991
    Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany

3040.

  Hajra, P.K. et al., 1996
    Materials for the Flora of Arunachal Pradesh Vol.1

3042.

  Haridasan, K. & Rao, R.R., 1985
    Forest Flora of Meghalaya Vol.1

3049.

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

3091.

  Prain, D., 1903
    Bengal Plants Vol 1

3092.

  Deb, D.B., 1981
    The Flora of Tripura State Vol 1

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

3383.

  Khatun, R.B., 1987
    Tree Legumes of Bangladesh

3403.

  Wu, T.L., 1988
    Mimososoideae. In: Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 39 (Leguminosae 1)

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands
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