3469.000 Parkia R. Br.

Description of the genus

Unarmed trees; leaves 2-pinnate; flowers in large compact heads shaped like light bulbs on lengths of flex, adapted for pollination by bats; pods strap shaped.

Worldwide: A genus of about 30 species, 3 in mainland Africa, 16 in America.

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
filicoidea Oliv. [LR-nt]	N,W,C,E	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Parkia:

Our websites:

Flora of Malawi: Parkia
Flora of Mozambique: Parkia
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Parkia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Parkia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Parkia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Parkia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Parkia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Parkia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Parkia
JSTOR Plant Science: Parkia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Parkia
Plants of the World Online: Parkia
Tropicos: Parkia
Wikipedia: Parkia

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Parkia.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2270, retrieved 2 April 2025

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