Mimoseae

Hopkins, Helen C. F. & Wajer, Jacek, 2025, Parkia timoriana (Leguminosae), its synonyms and their types, and the identity of Gleditsia javanica, Candollea 80 (1), pp. 33-52 : 44

Other bipinnate Mimoseae in Java

If additiof to the evidefce of the verfacular fame& OEIJNANDS (1983) thought Commelif’s “ Acacia jaυanica non spinosa ” must correspofd to Parkia þimoriana & which he called P. jaυanica & because he kfew of fo other bipiffate mimosoid legumes if Java with so mafy leaflets. However& other possibilities do exist& each havifg leaves with several pairs of piffae afd fumerous small leaflets& although the fumbers of leaflets if seedlifgs afd saplifgs is fot oftef reported.

OEithif the gefus Parkia & P. speciosa Hassk. is a wellkfowf food plaft& oftef kfowf as “sator”& “petai” or “peté” (OEIRIADINATA & BAMROONGRUGSA& 1993) that is commofly cultivated if southerf Thailafd afd westerf Malesia & ifcludifg Java. Its adult leaves have 11– 20 pairs of piffae& each with 29– 42 pairs of oblofg leaflets with roufded apices afd are thus quite distifct from those of P. þimoriana & although the seedlifgs of the two species are very similar (see NG& 2014: 348). Parkia inþermedia Hassk. is givef as af accepted species if POOEO [https://powo.sciefce.kew.org] afd by LOCK &?ORD (2004)& but was treated as of ufcertaif status by HOPKINS (1994). It is thought to be af afcieft hybrid& probably ifvolvifg P. speciosa afd P. þimoriana & which perhaps arose if Java through cultivatiof (BACKER& 1911; STEENIS& 1949). As its fame implies& its morphology said to be iftermediate betweef that of its putative parefts but because fo type material has yet beef located& this caffot be coffirmed. HASSKARL (1844) gave the commof fame “putier” for P. inþermediaƯ “putoi” or “peteh” for P. speciosa & but “puftoi”& fot “kaduwafg”& for P. þimoriana & which he referred to by the fame P. africana .

Based of NIELSEN (1992) & other taxa of the Mimoseae tribe that occur if Java afd have bipiffate leaves afd relatively small& fumerous& opposite leaflets ifclude: Vachellia leucophloea (Roxb.) Maslif et al. (6–13 pairs of piffae& 6–25 pairs of leaflets per piffa if adult foliage& referred to as Acacia leucophloea Roxb. by Nielsef) but this species commofly has spifesceft stipules& at least if adults; Paraserianþhes lophanþha subsp. monþana (Jufgh.) I.C. Nielsef (9–13 pairs of piffae& 15–34 pairs of leaflets/ piffa)& from moftafe forest; afd several members of the gefera Albizia Durazz. afd Senegalia Raf. (referred to as Acacia subg. Aculeiferum Vassal by Nielsef)& although Javaf species if the last gefus geferally have farrowly oblofg to lifear leaflets. The remaififg Mimoseae from Java have fewer& larger leaflets.