Fabaceae
Parkia

Parkia filicoidea Welw. ex Oliv.

First published in Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 324 (1871)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Tree to 30 m high, with a spreading crown; young branchlets glabrous to puberulous
Morphology Leaves
Pinnae 4–11 pairs; leaflets 11–17(–28) pairs, oblong, 12–32 x 5–12 mm, rounded at the apex, puberulous on margins near base, otherwise glabrous; petiole on upper side with 2 narrow glands
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Heads pendent on peduncles 9–35 cm long, club-shaped, up to 8.8 x 7.5 cm, reddish, with a strong smell
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Bisexual flowers with calyx 10–13 mm long; petals with free part c. 10 mm long, puberulous at apex
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 30–60 x 1.5–2.8(–3.5) cm, glabrous or almost so, sometimes somewhat constricted between the seeds.
Distribution
S3 Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and southwards to Zambia and Angola.
Ecology
Altitude c. 10 m.
[FSOM]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/144313914/148993843

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian forest, Guineo-Congolian forest., Somalia-Masai forest, Lake Victoria regional mosaic; forest.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
Vernacular
African Locust Bean
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, J.P.M. Brenan. Flora Zambesiaca 3:1. 1970

Morphology General Habit
Tree 8-30(35) m. high; crown spreading, flat or rounded; bark scaly or smooth, grey to yellow-brown; young branchlets glabrous to puberulous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves: petiole on upper side usually with 2 narrow ± collateral glands; rhachis puberulous or shortly pubescent; pinnae (3)4-11 (14 fide Eggeling & Dale, Indigenous Trees of Uganda); leaflets 10-18 pairs (to 28 pairs in juvenile or coppice leaves), oblong, often with a slight sigmoid curve, rounded at the apex, asymmetrically rounded or subtruncate at the base, mostly 1·2-3·2(3·4) cm. long, 5-12(14) mm. wide, glabrous except for puberulence on the margins near the base, 2 longitudinal nerves more distinct than the others.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Peduncles c. 9-52 cm. long. Heads pendent, claviform, up to c. 8·8 x 7·5 cm., brick-red to reddish-pink, with a strong pungent smell.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracteoles
Bracteoles linear, enlarged at the apex, up to 15 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Hermaphrodite flowers: pedicel 3-4 mm. long; calyx 10-14 mm. long, glabrous or nearly so except for the lobes, which are densely tomentellous outside, the larger lobes 1·7-2·5 mm. long, rounded; petals adnate to the staminal tube for c. 2-4 mm. at the base, above this free for c. 10 mm. and linear-spathulate, puberulous at the apex which is c. 0·6-0·75 mm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 30-60 cm. long (including 4-10 cm. long stipe), 1·5-2·8(3·5) cm. wide, glabrous or nearly so; margins straight or ± constricted between the seeds.
[FZ]

Mimosaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
Tree to 100 ft. high
Ecology
In the drier parts of the forest zone and in gallery forest.
[FWTA]

Uses

Use
Fibre, Food and Drink, Forage, Medicine, Wood
[ILDIS]

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