Parkia

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Parkia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Parkia (named after Mungo Park, born in 1771). Leguminosae. Tall unarmed trees: lvs. evenly bipin- nate; lfts. very numerous, small: fls. in dense, long- peduncled, obovoid heads; calyx tubular, shortly 5-cleft; corolla tubular, somewhat cleft; stamens 10; ovary stalked: pod large, flat, strap-shaped, coriaceous.—About 10 species, tropics of both hemispheres. P. timoriana, Merr. Cupang. A very large tree, up to 115 ft. high; with vase-shaped, wide-spreading crown: lvs. fernlike, with very small lfts.: fls. small, white and yellow, in dense pear-shaped panicles: pods pendulous, flattened, black. 18 in. long. Timor and Philippines. Intro, in U. S. by Dept. of Agric. and offered for distribution. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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