Parkia sherfeseei
Merrill
Fabaceae Edible: Spice, Vegetable
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Ingrid P. Lin
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Herbarium Bogoriense, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)
Description
A tropical tree of the Fabaceae family with twice-divided leaves.
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Edible Uses
Seeds are used as both a spice and vegetable.
Distribution
A tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Asia, Philippines, SE Asia,
Notes
Also as Mimosaceae.
References (1)
- PROSEA handbook Volume 13 Spices. p 279
