Fabaceae FAMILY

Parkia sumatrana

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Parkia sumatrana is an evergreen or briefly deciduous tree growing up to 35 metres tall. The straight bole often has small buttresses and can be up to 100cm in diameter[ 443 Title Biotik, Laos Publication Author Website http://biotik.org/species_list_laos.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on more than 100 species of Laotian trees. , 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The tree is harvested from the wild as a food, medicine and for various commodities.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam.

HabitatScattered in dry evergreen forest, often along streams, in hilly areas, on sandy, stony or clayey soils, at elevations from 100 - 600 metres, sometimes ascending to 900 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].