Inga ingoides (Rich.) Willd.

Inga ingoides (Rich.) Wilid. Sp. PI. 4: 1012. 1806
Mimosa ingoides Rich. Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1': 113. 1792. Feuilleea ingoides Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 188. 1891.
A tree, 15 m. high, the twigs reddish-tomentose. Rachis of the leaf winged, bearing small sessile glands between the leaflets, pubescent; leaflets 3-5 pairs, oval to oblong, shortacuminate, 5-12 cm. long, glabrate above, pale and somewhat pubescent beneath; peduncles axillary, solitary or in pairs, 2-4 cm. long; flowers in short racemes; pedicels 3-15 mm. long; calyx 5-10 mm. long, brownish-pubescent; corolla about 12 mm. long, brownish-pubescent; stamens 5-6 cm. long, the tube included; legume elongated, 2.5 dm. long or longer, subterete, many-ribbed, the margins elevated.
TyPB LOCALITY : Cayenne.
Distribution: Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; Trinidad; Colombia to French Guiana.

Perennial, Woody throughout, Nodules present, Stems erect or ascending, Stems or branches arching, spreading or decumbent, Stems greater than 2 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Stem hairs hispid to villous, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Petioles winged, Extrafloral nectary glands on petiole, Stipules inconspicuous, absen t, or caducous, Leaves compound, Leaves even pinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 5-9, Leaflets 10-many, Leaves glabrous or nearly so, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescence axillary, Bracts very small, absent or caducous, Flowers actinomorphic or somewhat irregular, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx hairy, Petals united, valvate, Petals white, Petals ochroleucous, cream colored, Petals greenish yellow, Stamens numerous, more than 10, Stamens monadelphous, united below, Stamens long exserted, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit unilocular, Fruit tardily or weakly dehiscent, Fruit indehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit coriaceous or becoming woody, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit hairy, Fruit 11-many seeded, Seeds embedded in gummy or spongy pulp, Seed with elliptical line or depression, pleurogram, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seeds olive, brown, or black, Seeds with appendage - aril, caruncle, f uniculus, or strophiole.

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