Parkia biglobosa (Locust bean) is an important fruit tree being considered as a replacement for scarce, high-value tropical hardwoods. At senescence, this lesser-used species has promising properties that make it suitable for use as timber. However, the technical characteristics and utilisation potentials of wood from the species have not been adequately documented. Therefore, this study investigated the physical properties of the stem and primary-branch of Parkia biglobosa tree, focusing on its moisture content, volumentric shrinkage, and density variations. Five trees of Parkia biglobosa were purposively selected and felled from the guinea savanna zone of Oyo State, Nigeria. Billets (500 cm) were obtained from the base (10%), middle (50%) and top (90%) of merchantable height (stem) and first formed primary-branch of each tree. Each billet was partitioned into corewood, innerwood and outerwood and processed into various small clear specimen of 20×20×60mm3. The Physical properties (MC (%); density (kg/m3) and shrinkage (%)) were determined using ASTM standard procedures. P. biglobosa wood has a mean density of 612.36±44.89 kg/m3 for the primary branch wood and 574.40±39.95kg/m3 for the stem wood. The Average moisture content for the branch wood is 25.61±4.45% and that of stem wood is 24.51±4.50%. The mean volumetric shrinkage for the primary branch wood is 9.60±2.00%, and that of the stem wood is 10.03±1.60%. The range of P. biglobosa wood density of the study falls within the range that could be categorized as medium density wood of medium construction strength properties. This study provides a foundation for the effective utilization of P. biglobosa in construction and other applications especially where dimensional stability is required.