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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Parkia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Fabales > Family: Fabaceae > Subfamily: Mimosoideae

About 40 species (tropics), with two species cultivated in southern Africa.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Parkia biglandulosa (African locust, Nitta tree, Nutta tree, Doura)

Origin uncertain.

 

Parkia timoriana (Kedawong, Koepang)

Native from India to Indonesia.