Parkia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Mimosoideae. Several species are known as African locust bean.In 1995, about 31 species were known. Four more have been discovered since that time. The type species for the genus is Parkia biglobosa.Parkias are found throughout the tropics, with four species in Africa, about 10 in Asia, and about twenty in the neotropics. The neotropical species were revised in 1986.