Parkia bicolor

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Common Names

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Description

Family Fabaceae

The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]

Subfamily Mimosoideae

Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly bipinnate. Corolla usually not showy, actinomorphic , sympetalous , the lobes valvate . Stamens 10-numerous, often monadelphous , showy. Pollen released in monads , tetrads , or polyads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) present. [Carr]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Parkia agboensis A. Chev.
2. Parkia klainei A. Chev.
3. Parkia zenkeri Harms

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hopkins H.F., 1994

Place of publication : Bull . Soc. Bot. France 55(Mém. 8b):34. 1908

Name verified on 23-Jun-1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 28-Jun-2007

Similar Species

Members of the genus Parkia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 70 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

P. timoriana · P. biglandulosa · P. timoriana · P. agboensis · P. arborea · P. auriculata · P. bahiae · P. balslevii · P. barnebyana · P. bicolor (African Locust-Bean) · P. biglandulosa (Kiboko) · P. biglobosa (West African Locust-Bean) · P. bussei · P. cachimboensis · P. clappertonia · P. clappertoniana · P. decussata · P. discolor · P. dongnaiensis · P. filicina · P. filicoidea (Fern-Leaved Nitta Tree) · P. fraterna · P. gigantocarpa (Faveira Atanan) · P. graveolens · P. harbesonii · P. hoffmanni · P. igneiflora · P. insignis · P. intermedia · P. inundabilis · P. javanica · P. korom (Korom) · P. leiophylla · P. lutea · P. macrocarpa · P. madagascariensis · P. multijuga · P. nitida (Faveira P‚ De Arara) · P. oliveri · P. oppositifolia · P. orae · P. panurensis · P. paraensis · P. parrii · P. parvifoliola · P. paya · P. pectinata · P. pedunculata · P. pendula (Black Manariballi (Guyana)) · P. platycephala (Parkia) · P. reticulata · P. roxburghii · P. sherfeseei · P. singularis · P. singularis borneensis · P. singularis singularis · P. speciosa (Twisted Cluster Bean) · P. streptocarpa · P. sumatrana · P. sumatrana streptocarpa · P. sumatrana sumatrana · P. sylvatica · P. timoriana · P. truncata · P. ulei · P. ulei var. surinamensis · P. ulei var. ulei · P. uniglobosa · P. velutina · P. versteeghii

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Further Reading

• Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1961–. Flore du Gabon. (F Gabon)
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
• Burkill, H. M. 1985–2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. (Use Pl WT Afr)
• Great Basin naturalist memoirs. [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. ENG url p. 1308.
• Hagos, T. H. 1962. Acta Bot. Neerl. 11:246.
• Hopkins, H. 1983. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 87:148.
• Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 447, p. 703.
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
• Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. (Leg Africa)

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 01, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 30, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 01, 2007:

• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2670272
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-145
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13636221
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:512183-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 311937
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 506258
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: PABI10
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 53426

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