River Koko

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.