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Parkia biglobosa - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Nigeria; 2/2006 © Ralf Biechele

Parkia biglobosa - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Nigeria; 1/2007 © Ralf Biechele

Parkia biglobosa - Inflorescence with flowers partially removed - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence with flowers partially removed; Nigeria; 1/2006 © Ralf Biechele

Parkia biglobosa - Branch with inflorescences - Click to enlarge!

Branch with inflorescences; Nigeria; 1/2007 © Ralf Biechele

Parkia biglobosa - Ripening pods - Click to enlarge!

Ripening pods; Nigeria; 3/2008 © Ralf Biechele

Parkia biglobosa - Pods and inflorescences (in the background) - Click to enlarge!

Pods and inflorescences (in the background); Nigeria; 3/2008 © Ralf Biechele

Parkia biglobosa - Pods - Click to enlarge!

Pods; Nigeria; 5/2008 © Ralf Biechele

Parkia biglobosa - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Nigeria; 7/2005 © Ralf Biechele

Parkia biglobosa - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Nigeria; 2/2006 © Ralf Biechele

Parkia biglobosa - Lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf; Nigeria; 7/2005 © Ralf Biechele

Parkia biglobosa - Lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf; Nigeria; 2/2006 © Ralf Biechele

Parkia biglobosa - Branches - Click to enlarge!

Branches; Nigeria; 1/2007 © Ralf Biechele

Parkia biglobosa - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Nigeria; 1/2007 © Ralf Biechele

Parkia biglobosa - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Nigeria; 7/2005 © Ralf Biechele

Parkia biglobosa - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Nigeria; 1/2007 © Ralf Biechele

Parkia biglobosa - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Nigeria; 1/2008 © Ralf Biechele

Parkia biglobosa - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Nigeria; 3/2008 © Ralf Biechele

Parkia biglobosa - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Nigeria; 7/2005 © Ralf Biechele

Dataset

Identifier: 1642
Date of entry: 23.03.2011
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: African locust bean

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fabales (244)

        Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)

          Genus: Parkia (1)

            Epithet: biglobosa (Jacq.) G.Don (1)

Synonyms: Inga biglobosa (Jacq.) Willd., Mimosa biglobosa Jacq., Parkia oliveri J.F.Macbr.

oliveri => in honor of Guillaume Antoine Olivier (1756-1814), French physician, entomologist and plant collector

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: tree

External links

Check for Parkia biglobosa at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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