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Parkia biglandulosa Wight & Arn.

Synonym: Mimosa pedunculata Roxb., Parkia pedunculata (Roxb.) Macbr.

MIMOSOIDEAE

Local Names : Badmiton ball tree. African locust tree. 

Flowering Period : October to May.

Distribution : Throughout South East Asia

Uses:   Fruit and Nut edible.

Exotic : Yes.

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 Tall trees. Leaves bipinnate with 20-40 pairs of pinnae and 60-100 pairs of leaflets. Flowers in dense subspherical heads. Calyx tube glabrous; teeth pilose. Corolla tubular, the segments subvalvate. Stamens 10, exserted; filiform filaments united in the lower part with each other and the corolla-tube. Ovary stalked, many-ovuled; style filiform; stigma minute capitate. Fruit is a downy Pod.

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