Parkia. Parkia biglandulosa. African locust, Nitta tree, Nutta tree, Doura.
Botanical name:
Parkia. Parkia biglandulosa W. and A. (P. africana R. Br... African Locust. Nitta or Nutta Tree, Doura. Houlle. Neretou.—This is an African leguminous tree, from the dried seeds of which a farinaceous food is prepared by the natives. According to De Rochebrune (Toxicolog. Africaine, 1898), it contains a peculiar crystalline alkaloid, parkine, which resembles in its physiological activity physostigmine.