Parkia bicolor A.Chev.

A tree. It grows 45 m high. The trunk is 90 cm across. It has buttresses. The crown is wide spreading and loses its leaves. The leaves are alternate and twice divided. There are 10-26 pairs of secondary leaflets. The fruit is a pod 15-40 cm long and 2-3 cm wide. They hang in groups at the ends of stalks. There are 20-30 seeds per pod. They are 1-1.5 cm long by 0.5-1 cm wide.

Found in a range of forest types, from wet evergreen to dry semi-deciduous. It is most common in mixed, moist, lowland, semi-evergreen rainforest, especially in well-drained places, but it can also be found along creeks and rivers and in swamps.

The seeds are edible and used for thickening soups. The seeds are used for making alcoholic drinks.

Plants are grown by seeds. It needs a sunny position.