Parkia sumatrana subsp. streptocarpa (Hance) H.C.Hopkins

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Pinnae 6-12(-18) pairs per leaf. Leaflets 14-37 pairs per pinna, 10.5-25 by 3-8 mm. Capitula clavate at anthesis, 4-5 cm long, 3 cm in diameter (fide Gagnepain). Flowers bisexual. Calyx to 11 mm long, including pseudopedicel and lobes; corolla to 12 mm long, the lobes c. 8 mm long (fide Nielsen & Santisuk I.c.). Pods narrowly strapshaped, c. 14.5-52 cm long (including stipe up to 10 cm long) by 1.9-2.1 cm wide, the valves glabrous, straight or sometimes twisted, and markedly swollen over the seeds. Seeds 10-13 per pod, lying diagonally across width of the pod.
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A tree. The leaves are twice divided.
Life form perennial
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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A tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses Young leaves and young seeds are edible (Nielsen 1981; Nielsen & Santisuk 1985). The powdered bark is reported as having medicinal uses, including against leeches in Indochina (Vidal 5063).
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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Parkia sumatrana subsp. streptocarpa world distribution map, present in Brunei Darussalam, China, Indonesia, Iceland, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:970189-1
WFO ID wfo-0000199882
COL ID 5K7MC
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Synonyms

Parkia streptocarpa Parkia dongnaiensis Parkia sumatrana subsp. streptocarpa