Parkia
Parkia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Mimosoideae. Several species are known as African locust bean.
In 1995, about 31 species were known. Four more species were outlined in 2009.
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.Species
, Plants of the World Online recognised the following species:
- Parkia bahiae
- Parkia balslevii
- Parkia barnebyana
- Parkia bicolor – African locust-bean
- Parkia biglandulosa
- Parkia biglobosa
- Parkia cachimboensis
- Parkia decussata
- Parkia discolor
- Parkia filicina
- Parkia filicoidea
- Parkia gigantocarpa
- Parkia igneiflora
- Parkia insignis
- Parkia intermedia
- Parkia javanica
- Parkia korom
- Parkia leiophylla
- Parkia lutea
- Parkia madagascariensis
- Parkia multijuga
- Parkia nana
- Parkia nitida
- Parkia panurensis
- Parkia paraensis
- Parkia parrii
- Parkia parvifoliola
- Parkia paya
- Parkia pendula
- Parkia platycephala
- Parkia reticulata
- Parkia sherfeseei
- Parkia singularis
- Parkia speciosa – twisted cluster bean, stink bean
- Parkia sumatrana
- Parkia timoriana – tree bean
- Parkia truncata
- Parkia ulei
- Parkia velutina
- Parkia versteeghii
