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River Koko

Inga vera Willd.

Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund. Daniel H. Janzen. Year: 2010. cc-by-nc-sa-3.0

Inga vera (River Koko) is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae. It has a self-supporting growth form. It is native to Puerto Rico, Pará, Goiás, Santa Catarina, Pernambuco, Paraíba, Amazônia, Tocantins, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia, Espirito Santo, Amapá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Maranhao, Piauí, Distrito Federal, Bahia, São Paulo, Paraná, Ceará, Rio Grande do Sul, Acre (Brazil), Roraima, and Mato Grosso. River Koko has compound, broad leaves and white flowers. Flowers are visited by Puerto Rican Tanager. River Koko fixes nitrogen. It is a photoautotroph. Individuals can grow to 19 m.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900033
Definition: whole plant arborescent

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/self-supportingGrowthForm
Definition: an organism relying on its own supportive tissues rather than a climbing habit to achieve vertical growth

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/4566966

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3393129

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3462372

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3450387

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3392268

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3393098

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2841453

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3474575

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3451189

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3924825

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3463930

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3407762

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3457415

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3457153

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3395443

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3392213

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3463504

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3471168

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3448433

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3455077

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3402362

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3451133

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3665474

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3662560

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3457419

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0020043
Definition: A leaf having two or more distinct leaflets that are evident as such from early in development

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002359
Definition: A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's width being notably higher than its length.
Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:GVG]

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000323
Definition: An achromatic color of maximum brightness; the color of objects that reflect nearly all light of all visible wavelengths.
Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Dictionary:http://dictionary.reference.com/]

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URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/fixes
Definition: Captures an element from the air and incorporates it into its biochemistry

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_25555

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000130
Definition: An autotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy.

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EOL has data for 71 attributes, including:

calcareous soil tolerance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/CalcareousSoilTolerance
- Definition: The relative tolerance of the plant to calcareous soil. Calcareous soil is defined as soil containing sufficient free CaCO3 and other carbonates to effervesce visibly or audibly when treated with cold 0.1M HCl. These soils usually contain from 10 to almost 1000g/kg CaCO3 equivalent.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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medium (normal)
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000461
- Definition: Average. A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's exhibiting no deviation from normal or average.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:GVG]
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drought tolerance
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0000276
- Definition: Becoming tolerant to drought like conditions of minimal or no water content in the growth environment.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: GR:pj]
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low tolerance
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002394
- Definition: decreased tolerance to: A tolerance quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's decreased ability to endure a stimulus.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:LC]
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fire tolerance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FireTolerance
- Definition: The relative ability of a plant to resprout, regrow, or reestablish from residual seed after a fire.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields (Fire tolerance). http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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medium (normal)
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000461
- Definition: Average. A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's exhibiting no deviation from normal or average.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:GVG]
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region
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Puerto Rico
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/4566966
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life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000050
- Definition: A time quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's expected maximum age.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://obofoundry.org/wiki/index.php/PATO:Main_Page Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato.owl
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low life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001604
- Definition: Decreased life span: A life span which is relatively low.
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low temperature tolerance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TemperatureTolerance
- Definition: The minimum tolerable temperature is the lowest temperature recorded in the plant’s historical range. If this is not available, the record low January temperature recorded at climate stations within the current geographical range of the plant is used. This definition does not apply to summer annuals.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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40 degrees Fahrenheit
nitrogen fixation
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0009399
- Definition: The process in which nitrogen is taken from its relatively inert molecular form (N2) in the atmosphere and converted into nitrogen compounds useful for other chemical processes, such as ammonia, nitrate and nitrogen dioxide.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Wikipedia:Nitrogen_fixation]
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low N fixation
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/lowNitrogenFixation
- Definition: Plants with low nitrogen fixation. Less than 85 lb nitrogen per acre per year fixed in monoculture.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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plant growth form
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900032
- Definition: whole plant growth form. eg: herbaceous, tree, liana
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tree
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900033
- Definition: whole plant arborescent
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planting density
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PlantingDensity
- Definition: Recommended minimum number of individual plants to plant per area.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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320 per acre
precipitation tolerance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PrecipitationTolerance
- Definition: Minimum tolerable rainfall (in inches), expressed as the average annual minimum precipitation that occurs 20% of the time (i.e., the probability of it being this dry in any given year is 20%) at the driest climate station within the known geographical range of the plant. geographical range of the plant. For cultivars, the geographical range is defined as the area to which the cultivar is well adapted rather than marginally adapted.
- Comment: Minimum precipitation tolerance: Minimum tolerable rainfall, expressed as the average annual minimum precipitation that occurs 20% of the time (i.e., the probability of it being this dry in any given year is 20%) at the driest climate station within the known geographical range of the plant. Maximum precipitation tolerance: Maximum tolerable rainfall, expressed as the annual average precipitation of the wettest climate station within the known geographical range of the plant. For cultivars, the geographical range is defined as the area to which the cultivar is well adapted rather than marginally adapted.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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80 inch
seed spread rate
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeedSpreadRate
- Definition: The capability of the plant to spread through its seed production compared to other species with the same growth habit.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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moderate
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/moderateRate
- Definition: Moderate rate. A rate which is neither relatively high nor low.
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shedability
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001729
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's disposition to lose an entitity by natural process.
- Comment: e.g., leaf abscission in trees and shrubs, replacement of the first dentition in mammals
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:GVG]
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evergreen
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001733
- Definition: Evergreen (plant): A quality inhering in a plant by virtue of the bearer's disposition to retain foliage.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:GVG]
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of river koko. View this species on GBIF

Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund. Daniel H. Janzen. Year: 2010. cc-by-nc-sa-3.0

river koko includes 3 children: