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Parkia speciosa Hassk.

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HIGHER TAXON: Parkieae

GENUS: Parkia R.Br.

Parkia speciosa Hassk. [Preferred name]
    Inga pyriformis Jungh. {Synonym}
    Mimosa pedunculata Hunter {Synonym}
    Parkia biglobosa sensu auct., non (Jacq.)R.Br. {Misapplied}
    Parkia harbesonii Elmer {Synonym}
    Parkia macropoda Miq. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Petai [3178]; Pete [3178]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Brunei (N) [2022]; Indonesia (N) [1998, 2022]; Jawa (N) [2022]; Kalimantan (N) [2022]; Malaysia (N) [1998, 2022]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2022]; Philippines (N) [2022, 3178]; Sabah (N) [2022]; Sarawak (N) [2022]; Singapore (N) [3938]; Sumatera (N) [2022]; Thailand (N) [1998, 2022]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1948, 1998, 2022, 2111, 3178, 3898] ; Distribution Map [2022, 3178] ; Illustration [1998, 2022, 3178]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [2022] ; Habit: Tree [2022] ; Lifespan: Perennial [2022] ; Source(s): 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005)

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [1998, 2022]; Medicine [2022]; Wood [3178]

  
NOTES:
  Cultivated outside its natural range in Indonesia. [2022]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1948.

  Whitmore, T.C., 1972
    Tree Flora of Malaya, Vol.1. London:Longman

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

3178.

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

3898.

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

3938.

  Keng, H., 1990
    Concise Flora of Singapore. Singapore
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