Fabaceae FAMILY

Parkia timoriana

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Parkia timoriana is a briefly deciduous tree growing up to 50 metres tall. The bole can be 81cm in diameter[ 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, ]. The bole often has plank buttresses at the base that can be 1 - 4 metres tall and spreading 1 - 2 metres or more outwards[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The tree is gathered from the wild and used locally as a source of medicines, a hair shampoo and for food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea.

HabitatAn upper canopy tree in lowland rain forest, mixed deciduous and dry evergreen forests, sometimes common; at elevations from sea level to 600 metres, occasionally ascending to 1,300 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet , 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, ].