Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Papilionaceae | Genus: Parkia | Species: Parkia javanica (Lam.) Merr. |
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Flower |
Fruit |
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| Synonym | Parkia roxburghii, Parkia timoriana | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Sapota, Khorial | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Tree Bean | Flowering Period | Oct-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Yongchak | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | Up to 1300 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | The pods are 25-30 cm long, about 3.5 cm wide, rather thick, pendulous, and black and shinning when mature, and contain from 15-20 seeds |
| Habitat | Occurs in rainforests and sometimes also in tall secondary forest | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines | Bark Details | Bark smooth or scaly-fissured; middle bark hard |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | It is a very large tree growing to a height of 25 to 40 m. leaves are evenly bipinnate 30 to 80 centimeters long | Leaf Details | The leaves are evenly bipinnate and 30-80 cm long. The pinnae are 40-60 in number, and 8-20 cm long. The leaflets are 60-140, linear-oblong, 6-12 mm long, close-set, shining above, and pointed at the tip |
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