Inga densiflora
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Inga densiflora is a species of tree from the subfamily of the mimosa family (Mimosoideae). It is native to Central and South America.
description
Inga densiflora is a tree with a stature height of up to 20 meters and gray bark. The leaves are four- to five-fold pinnate, the leaves are hairy rust-red on the edge, as well as the clearly protruding central rib on both sides .
The leaf hachis is 5.5 to 12.2 inches long, yellow to rusty red hairy and winged, the wings are ear-shaped at the extreme end, the glands cup-shaped.
The inflorescences arise from the leaf axils as well as the axils of undeveloped leaves and are or in groups of one to three dense ears . The shaft is 1.7 to 8 centimeters long, the rachis 1.5 to 3.5 centimeters and hairy yellow to orange. The flowers are greenish-cream colored, the stamens white. The fruits are 22 to 50 centimeters long and 4.8 to 10 centimeters wide, green to brown.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 26.
distribution
The species is native from Mexico to Peru and Venezuela.
Systematics and botanical history
Inga densiflora was first described by George Bentham in 1875 .
literature
- 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 3854740727 , PDF on ZOBODAT
Individual evidence
- ↑ Inga densiflora at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis