Inga allenii
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Inga allenii is a species of tree from the subfamily of the mimosa family (Mimosoideae). It is native to Central America.
description
Inga allenii is a small to medium-sized tree with black cork bark and bare branches. The leaves are triply pinnate, the hairless leaflets elliptical to ovate and leathery. The outermost pair of leaflets is 8 to 16 centimeters long and 3 to 4 centimeters wide, the innermost 5 to 7 centimeters long and 2.5 to 3 centimeters wide. The sheet rhachis is 1.8 to 5 inches long. Between each pair of leaflets there are long-stalked glands, the 2 to 3 millimeter long stipules are mostly permanent, rarely obsolete.
The inflorescences are head- shaped and arise from the axils of unfolded leaves. The shaft is 1.8 to 2 centimeters long, the rachis around 2 millimeters. The flowers are 6 to 7 millimeters long. The flat fruits are straight and hairless, 15 to 20 inches long and 2.5 to 3.2 inches wide.
distribution
The species is native to Costa Rica and Panama.
Systematics and botanical history
The species was first described by Jorge León in 1966 .
threat
Due to the fragmentation of its habitat, due to the expansion of agricultural land, this species is in decline.
proof
- Anton Weber, Werner Huber, Anton Weissenhofer, Nelson Zamora, Georg Zimmermann: An Introductory Field Guide To The Flowering Plants Of The Golfo Dulce Rain Forests Costa Rica. In: Stapfia. Volume 78, Linz 2001, p. 278, ISSN 0252-192X / ISBN 3-85474-072-7 , PDF on ZOBODAT
Individual proof
- ^ Inga allenii in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Mitré, M., 1998. Retrieved May 17, 2014.