Comprehensive Description
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Inga inga (L.) Britton, Fl. Bermuda 170. 1918
Mimosa inga L. Sp. PI. 516. 1753.
Inga vera Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 1010. 1806.
Feuilleea Jnga Kuntze. Rev. Gen. PI. 1S4. 1891.
rnga vera lamprophylla Pittier. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18: 216. 1916.
Inga vera portoricensis Pittier, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18: 217. 1916.
A tree, 15 ra. high or higher, the twigs pubescent. Rachis broadly winged, bearing sessile glands between the leaflets; leaflets 3 to 5 pairs, oblong to elliptic, pubescent, 10 cm. long or less, acute, often acuminate, darker green above than beneath; peduncles 1.5-6 cm. long; spikes short, few-flowered; calyx 9-15 mm. long, tomentose; corolla 13-16 mm. long, white, densely sericeous; stamens white, 6 cm. long, the tube included; legume 10-15 cm. long, 8-15 mm. thick, tomentose, 4-ribbed.
Type locality: Jamaica.
Distribution: Jamaica; Cuba; Hispaniola; Porto Rico; Trinidad; Guatemala to Colombia and British Guiana. Often grown as coffee shade.
- bibliographic citation
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Physical Description
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Perennial, Woody throughout, Nodules present, Stems erect or ascending, Stems or bran ches 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, absent, 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 spikes or spike-like, Inflorescence axillary, Bracts very small, absent or caducous, Flowers sessile or nearly so, 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, Fr uit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit strongly curved, falcate, bent, or lunate, 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, funiculus, or strophiole.
Inga vera: Brief Summary
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Inga vera is a species of tropical tree in the family Fabaceae. It occurs in Central and South America, where it is known as churimo, guamo churimo, guamo arroyero and guamo macho.
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