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XLVII. LEGUMINOSAL 
[Parkia. 
on long pendulous peduncles. Calyx tubular, 5-lobed; lobes 
imbricate. Corolla tubular, split half-way. Stamens 10, exsert; 
filaments below connate, and adnate to corolla; anthers gland- 
tipped. Ovary stalked; style filiform. Stigma minute.. Pod 
strap-shaped or thick, dehiscent. Species 10, all tropics. 
Leaflets sub-falcate, acute, 40 to 80 pairs; pod thick 
subterete. . . (1) P. Roxburghii 
Leaflets straight, blunt, 20 to 25 pairs; pod thin, 
flat.(2) P. speciosa 
(1) P. Roxburghii Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 397; Baker, in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. ii. 289; Prain, l.c. 239. P. intermedia, Hassk, PI. Jav. 
Rar. 414. 
A big tree 80 ft. tall. Bark pale. Branches spreading, pubes¬ 
cent. Leaves bipinnate, 12 to 24 in. long; pinnae 20 to 30 pairs, 
opposite; leaflets falcate linear-lanceolate, 40 to 80 pairs, tip 
acute, base truncate, edges puberulous, *3 in. long, *i in. wide; 
petioles 2 to 3 in. long with one gland below the pinnae and 3 to 5 
solitary on upper pinnae. Capitula pyriform, 1*5 in. long, 1 in. 
wide, pendulous on peduncles, 10 to 16 in. long. Calyx tubular, 
•25 in. long. Corolla yellowish white. Pod flattened oblong black 
woody 15 to 20 in. long (stalk 3 to 7 in. long), 1*5 in. wide, *25 
in. thick. Hab. Villages, probably not wild, but often planted. 
Malacca, Panchur (Goodenough) . Distrib. Java. Native name: 
Kedawong. Use : Seeds as a remedy for colic. 
Prain notes that the P. intermedia Hassk. of Java is somewhat different 
from the true P. Roxburghii Don, of Cachar and Chittagong, and that the 
Malacca plant is P. intermedia ; indeed it is probably introduced here from 
Java. It is doubtful if the two plants are specifically identical. 
(2) P. speciosa Hassk. FI. xxv. Beibl. 55; Prain, l.c. 240. 
Tall, smooth-barked tree 60 to 80 ft. high, 2 to 3 ft. through. 
Branchlets glabrescent. Leaves bipinnate, pubescent, 8 to 10 in. 
long; pinnae 10 to 16 pairs; leaflets linear, 20 to 35 pairs, base 
truncate, tip blunt, ’25 in. long, *i in. wide, nearly glabrous; 
petioles 1 to 1*5 in. long with 1 gland between base and lowest 
pair of leaflets and 2 to 6 solitary between the bases of upper pinnae. 
Capitula club-shaped, 2 in. long, 75 in. through; peduncles 16 to 
20 in. long. Calyx *25 in. long. Corolla white. Pod (stalk 2 to 5 in. 
long) 18 to 20 in. long, 2 to 2*5 in. wide, very thin, green drying 
black. Seeds 12 to 18. Hab. In woods and cultivated ground. 
Singapore, Bukit Timah; Blakang Mati. Malacca, Bukit Sabukor 
(Derry). Pahang River. Perak, Changkat Serdang (Wray). 
Province Wellesley (Kunstler). Distrib. Malay isles. Native name : 
Petai. Use: The pods are eaten cooked by Malays, but they 
cause the eaters to exhale a peculiar horrible odour. 
Excluded Species 
P. biglandulosa W. and A. Malay Peninsula, Baker, l.c. 289. 
No specimens known, 
