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Taxon:  Parkia pendula (Willd.) Benth.



Summary
Genus:
Parkia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
Tribe:
Mimoseae
Nomen number:
437218
Place of publication:
W. G. Walpers, Repert. bot. syst. 5:577. 1846
Comment:
in addition to ascribing the new combination to him, Walper's acknowledged the contributions of Bentham in his preface (p. vii), so he is the author of this name (Melbourne ICN Art. 46.2)
Verified:
05/02/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Inga pendula Willd.

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Reference(s)
  1. Hopkins, H. C. F. 1986. Parkia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 44:93-98.
  2. Norris, D. O. 1969. Observations on the nodulation status of rainforest leguminous species in Amazonia and Guyana. Trop. Agric. (Trinidad) 46:145-151.
  3. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
angelim-fava –
fava-arara-tucupi –
faveira-de-Arara –
Spanish (Peru)
goma pashaco –
Spanish (Venezuela)
cascaron –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAlagoas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAmazonas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilBahia 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilEspirito Santo 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilPara 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilParaiba 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilPernambuco 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilRondonia 
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCosta Rica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaAmazonas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaBolivar 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaTachira 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaZulia 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruLoreto 
Native
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Para, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Rondonia]
  • MESOAMERICA: Costa Rica, Honduras
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela [Amazonas, Bolivar, Tachira, Zulia]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Peru [Loreto]
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=437218. Accessed 5 April 2026.


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