| Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) R. Br. ex G. Don |
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Family : Mimosaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : FABACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Parkia |
| Basionym : Mimosa biglobosa Jacq. |
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Status
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Parkia uniglobosa G. Don (1832) |
| Inga biglobosa (Jacq.) Willd. (1806) |
| Mimosa biglobosa Jacq. (1763) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Parkia africana R. Br. |
| =Parkia clappertoniana Keay (1955) |
| =Parkia oliveri J. F. Macbr. |
| =Inga senegalensis DC. (1825) |
| =Mimosa taxifolia Pers. (1806) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Tree 9-15-30 m; bole 3,7 m in girth or more; crown wide-spreading, flat-topped; foliage dark; not buttressed.
Savannas; sandy groung; hollows; among Borassus; savanna forest. |
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| Ecology : |
Not in the Caribbean Islands except perhaps in Martinique at the time of Jacquin and in Santo Domingo (P. de Beauvois). Perhaps in Guiana (Bentham, 1875). |
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McALLAN, A. & al. (1996). Parkia globosa, the Dawadawa tree (néré) and Vitellaria paradoxa, the shea butter tree (karité). A handbook for extension workers. School of Agriculture and Forest Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor. 30 pp. [see more in the b |
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Not in Zaire (= P. bicolor ); Chad? |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Drug Pl. Africa : 73 (1949).
- Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 349 (2006).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Fgui |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
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