Parkia biglandulosa Wight & Arn.
| Family: | LEGUMINOSAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Mimosoideae | ||||
| English Name: | Badmiton Ball Tree | ||||
| Synonym: | Mimosa pedunculata Roxb | ||||
| Common Name: | African locust tree | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | October - May | ||||
| Distribution: | Throughout South East Asia | ||||
| Habitat: | Planted as avenue tree | ||||
| Uses: | Fruits and nut edible | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Parkia biglandulosa are 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. | ||||