Plant Details

Accepted name:: Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) R.Br. ex G.Don [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african locust bean	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
houlle	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
monkey cutlass tree	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nere	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nerre	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nette	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
netteh	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
netto	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ouli	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tchaklaman	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seeds, All parts		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
leaves	dry leaves	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Parkia africana R.Br. Narr. Travels Africa, App. XXII: 234 (1826), nom. superfl.
Parkia clappertoniana Keay Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 25: 209 (1955).
Parkia intermedia Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 324 (1871), nom. illeg.
Parkia oliveri J.F.Macbr. Contr. Gray Herb. 59: 19 (1919).
Inga biglobosa (Jacq.) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 1025 (1806).
Inga faeculifera Ham. Circ. Desir. W. Ind. Pl.: 1 (1824).
Inga faroba Mérat & Lens Dict. Univ. Matière Méd. 3: 606 (1831), nom. nud.
Inga senegalensis DC. Prodr. 2: 442 (1825).
Mimosa biglobosa Jacq. Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 267 (1763).
Mimosa taxifolia Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 266 (1806).
Parkia filicoidea var. glauca Baker f. Legum. Trop. Africa 3: 781 (1930).
Parkia uniglobosa G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 396 (1832).
Prosopis faeculifera Desv. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 9: 426 (1826).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Parkia africana R.Br.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) G. Don	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) G.Don	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015)
Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) R.Br. ex Don	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) R.Br. ex G.Don	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.)Don	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Parkia biglobosa Auct. Non Bth.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Parkia clappertoniana	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Parkia clappertoniana Keay	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Parkia intermedia Oliv.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Parkia oliveri J.F.Macbr.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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