Parkia intermedia
Hassk. ex Hoeven & de Vries
Central African locust tree
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Seeds, Spice
The seeds are eaten and used as a spice.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It occurs in Java, Indonesia.
Africa, Asia, Central Africa, Indonesia, SE Asia,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bhutan, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A tree. It grows 10-25 m tall. The leaves are alternate. The leaf stalk has one or two glands near the base. The leaves are compound the first leaflet branches are in 14-24 pairs and the leaflets in 18-56 pairs. The pods are 20-27 cm long by 4-5 cm wide. They smell strongly. There are about 30 seeds in a pod.
How to Grow
Plants can be grown from seeds.
Notes
Also as Mimosaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Pohon petai Afrika tengah
Probably hybrid Parkia speciosa and Parkia timoriana
References (6)
- Hoeven & Vriese, Tijdschr. nat. geschied. 10:149. 1843
- Hopkins, 1992, Flora Malesiana ser 1, 11(1) p 204
- Ochse, J.J. et al, 1931, Vegetables of the Dutch East Indies. Asher reprint. p 401
- PROSEA handbook Volume 13 Spices. p 278
- Sukarya, D. G., (Ed.) 2013, 3,500 Plant Species of the Botanic Gardens of Indonesia. LIPI p 434
- Terra, G. J. A., 1973, Tropical Vegetables. Communication 54e Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, p 64
