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Parkia biglandulosa
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Mimosoideae)
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Citation: Parkia biglandulosa Wight & Arn., Prodr. 279. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 289. 1878; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 151. 1989; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 70. 1992; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 171. 1996; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 341. 2009.
Mimosa pedunculata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 551. 1832, non Poir. 1787.
Parkia pedunculata (Roxb.) Macbr., Contr. Gray Herb. n.s. 59: 19. 1919.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Badmiton ball tree
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Description:
Tall trees. Leaves bipinnate with 20-40 pairs of pinnae and 60-100 pairs of leaflets. Flowers in dense subspherical heads 3-4 cm in diam; peduncles 12-17 cm long. Calyx tube glabrous; teeth pilose. Corolla tubular, cleft half-way down, the segments subvalvate. Stamens 10, exserted; filiform filaments united in the lower part with each other and the corolla-tube; anthers narrow, glandless, the pollen cohering in irregular masses. Ovary stalked, many-ovuled; style filiform; stigma minute capitate. Pods downy, narrowed gradually into a long stalk, reach 30 cm or more in length.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-May
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District(s):
Kottayam, Thrissur, Kollam, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Planted as avenue tree
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Distribution:
Throughout South East Asia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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