Inga bella
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Inga bella is a species of tree from the subfamily of the mimosa family (Mimosoideae). It is native to Central America.
description
Inga bella is a tree whose bark and branches are gray, blackish cork and bare. The leaves are pinnate in two pairs, the leaflets obovate to lanceolate. The leaf hachis is 4.5 to 7 inches long, winged along the upper two thirds with wings 1 cm wide. The stipules are permanent and up to 2 inches long.
The inflorescences arise from the leaf axils as well as the axils of non-developed leaves. They are umbel-like, the shaft is 0.2 to 2 centimeters long, the rachis around 3 millimeters. The flowers are greenish-white. The oblong, round, flat fruits have prominent transverse ribs, are hairless, originally greenish-white, later dark brown and shiny.
distribution
The species is endemic to the Golfo Dulce region of Costa Rica and neighboring areas of Panama.
Systematics and botanical history
Inga bella was first described by Mario Sousa in 1993 .
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