Family: Fabaceae

Genus: Parkia

Species: speciosa

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000240

English name: Twisted cluster bean, Stink bean

Arabic name: باركيا

Native: Malaysia ,Thailand, Singapore

Country: Malaysia Singapore Thailand

(PGR): Very rare

Tree up to 30 m tall with smooth reddish-brown bark leaves bipinnata, pinnae 14-18 pairs flowers white-yellow, small and numerous fruit a legume on long stalk, 35- 45 cm x 3-5 cm, usually strongly twisted and  prominently swollen over the 12-18 seeds

Soil: Moist Soils, Well-Drained Soils, Poor Infertile Soils, Fertile Loamy Soils

•The fresh seeds, young or ripe, may be eaten raw, cooked or roasted as a side-dish with rice. Seeds are also sun-dried then fried in oil and eaten as a snack. Semi-ripe pods pickled in salt. Seeds  used as folk remedy to lower blood sugar and treat diabetes, as well as kidney pain and colic. Also eaten to expel stomach gas.

Parkia macrocarpa Miquel, Parkia harbesonii Elmer

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Texture: Moist

Drainage: Well drained

Water Sources: Moderate Water

Lights: Full sun

Propagation: Seed, stem cuttings and budding

Flowering time:

pH range: Indicator Papers

Status: Cultivated

Habits: Tree

Plant Uses: Food