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Taxon:
Parkia biglobosa
(Jacq.) R. Br. ex G. Don
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Parkia
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Mimoseae
Nomen number:
26777
Place of publication:
J. C. Loudon, Hort. brit. ed. 1:277. 1830 (G. Bentham, J. Bot. (Hooker) 4:328. 1841)
Comment:
Loudon credits G. Don with authorship of "the Linnean Arrangement and its Supplement" of this work on p. iv of the Preface
G. Don cited "
Juga
(=
Inga
)
biglobosa
Willd."
Verified:
10/13/1989
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1
(
1
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
(Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mimosa biglobosa
Jacq.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Inga biglobosa
(Jacq.) Willd.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Parkia africana
R. Br.
Parkia clappertoniana
Keay
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Reference(s)
Abbiw, D. K.
1990. Useful plants of Ghana Intermediate Technology Publications & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Berhaut, J.
1971-. Flore illustrée du Senegal.
Boudet, G. et al.
1986. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Parkia+biglobosa&quantity=1
Hagos, T. H.
1962. A revision of the genus
Parkia
R. Br. (Mim.) in Africa. Acta Bot. Neerl. 11:252.
Hopkins, H.
1983. The taxonomy, reproductive biology and economic potential of
Parkia
(Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Africa and Madagascar. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 87:141.
Lebrun, J.-P. et al.
1972. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Tchad meridional
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Quedraogo, A. S.
1995.
Parkia biglobosa
en Afrique de l'Ouest : Biosysthematique et Amelioration (
Parkia biglobosa
(Leguminosae) in West Africa; biosystematics and improvement). i-viii, 1-205.
Note:
publ. by Agric. Univ. Wageningen
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
African locust-bean –
Reference(s)
West African locust-bean –
Reference(s)
French
arbre à farine –
Reference(s)
mimosa pourpre –
Reference(s)
néré –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
farroba –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Chad
s.
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
s.
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Benin
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Burkina Faso
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Côte D'Ivoire
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Gambia
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Guinea
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Guinea-Bissau
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Mali
s.
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Niger
s.
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Senegal
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Sierra Leone
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Togo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Central African Republic
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sudan
(s.),
Chad
(s.)
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Central African Republic
,
Cameroon
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin
,
Burkina Faso
,
Côte D'Ivoire
,
Ghana
,
Guinea
,
Gambia
,
Guinea-Bissau
,
Mali
(s.),
Niger
(s.),
Nigeria
,
Senegal
,
Sierra Leone
,
Togo
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
agroforestry
fide Quedraogo, 1995
Quedraogo, A. S.
1995.
Parkia biglobosa
en Afrique de l'Ouest : Biosysthematique et Amelioration (
Parkia biglobosa
(Leguminosae) in West Africa; biosystematics and improvement). i-viii, 1-205.
Note:
publ. by Agric. Univ. Wageningen
Environmental
ornamental
fide Quedraogo, 1995
Quedraogo, A. S.
1995.
Parkia biglobosa
en Afrique de l'Ouest : Biosysthematique et Amelioration (
Parkia biglobosa
(Leguminosae) in West Africa; biosystematics and improvement). i-viii, 1-205.
Note:
publ. by Agric. Univ. Wageningen
Human food
fruit
Abbiw, D. K.
1990. Useful plants of Ghana Intermediate Technology Publications & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Human food
potential as oil/fat
fide Bot J Linn Soc 87:163. 1983
Hopkins, H.
1983. The taxonomy, reproductive biology and economic potential of
Parkia
(Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Africa and Madagascar. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 87:141.
Name
References