• Family : MIMOSACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BABOOL FAMILY (बबूल फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
• Subfamily : Mimosoideae
• Synonym(s) : Mimosa pedunculata Roxb.; Parkia pedunculata (Roxb.) J.F.Macbr.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Parkia biglandulosa Wight & Arn.
• Common name : Badminton Ball Tree , Band-stick Tree
• Vernacular name : Mavukai (Tamil)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Only in cultivation
• Comments / notes : Introduced, planted as avenue tree.
• Flower, Fruit : October-May
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Thrissur district, Kottayam district, Kollam district
• Native : Southeast Asia
• World Distribution : India, Malay Peninsula
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Parkia biglandulosa. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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