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twisted cluster bean en · NOUN
Meanings
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Synonym of stink bean (“the tree Parkia speciosa or edible beans it produces”).
Parkia speciosa (common name: petai in Malay; twisted cluster bean or stink bean) is a tropical leguminous tree of the family of the Fabaceae, subfamily of the Mimosoideae. It is found in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and northern India, and the cooked beans are used in cooking, mainly in seafood recipes.
2008, Eric Frérot, Alain Velluz, Alain Bagnoud, Estelle Delort, “Analysis of the volatile constituents of cooked petai beans (Parkia speciosa) using high‐resolution GC/ToF–MS”, in Flavour and Fragrance Journal, volume 23, number 6, page 434:
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stink bean