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Parkia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[2] Several species are known as African locust bean.
In 1995, about 31 species were known.[3] Four more species were outlined in 2009.[4]
Parkia species are found throughout the tropics, with four species in Africa, about ten in Asia, and about 20 in the neotropics. The neotropical species were revised in 1986.[5]
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As of 2020[update], Plants of the World Online (POWO) recognised the following species:[6]
- Parkia bahiae H.C.Hopkins
- Parkia balslevii H.C.Hopkins
- Parkia barnebyana H.C.Hopkins
- Parkia bicolor A.Chev. – African locust-bean
- Parkia biglandulosa Wight & Arn.
- Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) R.Br. ex G.Don
- Parkia cachimboensis H.C.Hopkins
- Parkia decussata Ducke
- Parkia discolor Spruce ex Benth.
- Parkia filicina (Willd.) Benth. ex Walp.
- Parkia filicoidea Welw. ex Oliv.
- Parkia gigantocarpa Ducke
- Parkia igneiflora Ducke
- Parkia insignis Kurz
- Parkia intermedia Hassk.
- Parkia javanica (Lam.) Merr.
- Parkia korom Kaneh.
- Parkia leiophylla Kurz
- Parkia lutea H.C.Hopkins
- Parkia madagascariensis R.Vig.
- Parkia multijuga Benth.
- Parkia nana D.A.Neill
- Parkia nitida Miq.
- Parkia panurensis Benth. ex H.C.Hopkins
- Parkia paraensis Ducke
- Parkia parrii Horne ex Baker
- Parkia parvifoliola Hosok.
- Parkia paya H.C.Hopkins
- Parkia pendula (Willd.) Benth. ex Walp.
- Parkia platycephala Benth.
- Parkia reticulata Ducke
- Parkia sherfeseei Merr.
- Parkia singularis Miq.
- Parkia speciosa Hassk. – twisted cluster bean, stink bean
- Parkia sumatrana Miq.
- Parkia timoriana (DC.) Merr. – tree bean
- Parkia truncata R.S.Cowan
- Parkia ulei (Harms) Kuhlm.
- Parkia velutina Benoist
- Parkia versteeghii Merr. & L.M.Perry
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