Stinky Bean
Parkia speciosa
Stinky Bean
Parkia speciosa
Stink bean or Parkia speciosa or being called as Petai in Indonesia is a native tree from Southeast Asia. Stink beans are popular in culinary ingredients in Southeast Asia dishes. It has a peculiar smell bean, but widely consumed by Southeast Asia people both raw and cooked, including in Indonesian. Due to the high demand in the market, it is included as one of fruit trees planted within our tree-planting program to boost local income.
Environmental Impact
Tree Usage
Parkia speciosa
Stink bean or bitter bean
Parkia, Pete or Petai (Indonesia), Peuteuy, Sah-taw (Thailand)
Fabaceae
Least Concerned
Each mature tree can adsorb 160.62 Kg of carbon
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand
The tree is up to 15-40 meters in height with diameter around 50-100 cm in diameter. It has hairy branchlets.
It grows in scattered lowland rainforests and occasionally in tall secondary forests, thriving in sandy, loamy, and podzolic soils. It can also be found in waterlogged areas, freshwater swamp forests, and along riverbanks. It typically grows at altitudes of 0 to 1,000 meters (up to 1,400 meters) and prefers an average annual temperature of about 24°C with rainfall between 1,000 and 2,000 mm. While it favors well-drained loamy or clay-loam soils, it can also adapt to waterlogged soils.
