Parkia biglandulosa (Jacq.) R.Br. ex G.Don
| Kannada Name : | None |
| Common Name : | African Locust Bean |
| Family Name : | Fabaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Parkia biglandulosa |
| Species Type : | Exotic |
| Phenology : | Deciduous |
| Conservation Status : | Least concern |
| Flowering Period : | December - April |
| Fruiting Period : | December - April |
| Origin : | Africa |
Uses
The bark is used as a mouthwash, vapour inhalant for toothache, or for ear complaints. It is macerated in baths for leprosy and used for bronchitis, pneumonia, skin infections, sores, ulcers, bilharzia, washes for fever, malaria, diarrhoea, violent colic and vomiting, sterility, venereal diseases, guinea worm, oedema and rickets, and as a poison antidote. Leaves are used in lotions for sore eyes, burns, haemorrhoids and toothache. Seed is taken for tension, and pulp for fevers, as a diuretic and as a mild purgative. Roots are used in a lotion for sore eyes
Description
Deciduous tree, 15‐20 m tall. Bark black, rough, wood brown, branchlets pubescent. Leaves bipinnate, alternate, pinnae 20‐40 pairs; leaflets 60‐80 pairs, oblong, galbrous above, puberulous below, base truncate, apex acute-obtuse, margin ciliate. Inflorescence a large globose head, axillary, solitary, pendulous. Flowers bisexual, cream coloured. Fruit a pod, with elongated stipe, oblong-linear, compressed, brown, dehiscent. Seeds 6-13, ellipsoid, compressed to ovoid.
