Parkia javanica (Lam.) Merr.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Parkia

Characteristics

A tall tree. It grows 50 m tall. The trunk is tall, clear and smooth. The leaves are finely divided twice. There are 15-30 pairs of leaflets. The smallest leaflets are 13 mm long. The flowers are showy. They are white with yellow stamens. They are in round fuzzy heads. These hang on long stalks from round knobs. They have the smell of sour milk. These flower heads have 3 types of flowers. There are infertile ones near the stalk, male flowers in the middle and bisexual flowers at the tip. The fruit is a pod. It is 15-30 cm long. They are pale green and in spirals. Many pods hang in groups from the flower heads. The seeds are fleshy and orange-pink. There are 15-20 seeds in each pod. The seeds are garlic flavoured and edible.
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It has 16–30 pairs of pinnae and 30–80 pairs of leaflets per pinna, the leaflets small, 1–2 mm. wide, subfalcate and acute or subacute at apex.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 50.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It is native from India to Indonesia. It grows in humid lowland forests. In the Cairns Botanical Gardens. It suits hardiness zones 11-12.
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Hardiness (USDA) 11-12

Usage

The young seeds are roasted and used for flavouring. The young fruit are eaten as a vegetable.
Uses food material medicinal ornamental shade tanning
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use Cholera (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Cosmetic (unspecified), Cramps (unspecified), Dermatosis (unspecified), Dysmenorrhea (unspecified), Gastromegaly (unspecified), Itch (unspecified), Pustule (unspecified), Rhinosis (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed. Seedlings grow quickly at first. Plants are pollinated by bats.
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Images

Parkia javanica unspecified picture

Distribution

Parkia javanica world distribution map, present in Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:512208-1
WFO ID wfo-0000187192
COL ID 4DN53
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 447357
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Parkia javanica Gleditsia javanica Gleditschia javanica