Parkia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.

It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

[2] Several species are known as African locust bean.

[4] Parkia species are found throughout the tropics, with four species in Africa, about ten in Asia, and about 20 in the neotropics.

[5] As of 2020[update], Plants of the World Online (POWO) recognised the following species:[6] Media related to Parkia at Wikimedia Commons