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Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.)Don

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HIGHER TAXON: Parkieae

GENUS: Parkia R.Br.

Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.)Don [Accepted]
    Parkia africana R.Br. {Synonym}
    Parkia clappertoniana Keay {Synonym}
    Parkia filicoidea sensu auctt. {Misapplied Name}
    Parkia intermedia Oliver {Synonym}
    Parkia oliveri J.F.Macbr. {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Benin (N) [51]; Burkina (N) [51]; Cameroon (N) [51]
    Central African Rep. (N) [51]; Chad (N) [51]
    Gambia The (N) [51]; Ghana (N) [51]; Guinea (N) [51]
    Guinea Bissau (N) [51]; Ivory Coast (N) [51]
    Mali (N) [51]; Niger (N) [51]; Nigeria (N) [51]
    Sao Tome & Principe (N) [51]; Senegal (N) [51]
    Sierra Leone (N) [51]; Sudan (N) [51]; Togo (N) [23]
  Caribbean
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; woodland [51]
    Sudanian woodland [51]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Medicine [1785,14]; Food and Drink [1785,14,14,51]; Forage [1785,14, 14,51,51]; Fibre; Wood

  
NOTES:
  Seeds, and pulp around them, used as human food (Hopkins 1983 ref.51).
  Introduced to the Caribbean. (Hopkins 1983,Ref.51)
  Nodulation data from Parkia africana R.Br. [1785]


DATA SOURCES:

14.

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

23.

   Ern,H., 1984
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.

51.

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

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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