Fabaceae

Parkia

Parkia speciosa Hassk.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Parkia

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Parkia: Parkia speciosa , Indonesia: petai — Photo: Hariadhi, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (22)

arz: باركيا سبيسيوسا
ban: Peté
bjn: Patai
Bulgarian: Красива паркия
Burmese: မျောက်ငို
Chinese: 臭豆, Burma, 巴克豆, 美丽球花豆, 美麗球花豆
Dutch: Petehboon, Peteboon, Peteh, Peteh bonen, Peteh boon, Petehboom, Petéh bonen, Petéh boon
English: Parkia, Bitter bean, Stink bean, Twisted cluster bean
French: Petai
Indonesian: Petai, Mlanding, Pete, Polong pahit
Italian: Frutto della Parkia
Japanese: ネジレフサマメノキ
Javanese: Peté, Pete
Korean: 프타이콩
Malay: Petai
Malayalam: പാർക്കിയ സ്പെസിയോസ
min: Patai
Persian: لوبیا تلخ
Russian: Паркия красивая
shn: ၽၵ်းႁႃႈလူင်
Sundanese: Peuteuy
Thai: สะตอ, ลูกตอ

Synonyms

Acacia gigantea Noronha
Acacia graveolens Jack
Inga pyriformis Jungh. ex Miq.
Mimosa pedunculata W.Hunter
Parkia calcarata Gagnep.
Parkia graveolens Prain
Parkia harbesonii Elmer
Parkia macrocarpa Miq.
Parkia macropoda Miq.

Photos

Photo: Hariadhi, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dangmei, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Awtux, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Pramodini, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Raflinoer32, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.