Inga golfodulcensis
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Inga golfodulcensis is a species of tree from the subfamily of the mimosa family (Mimosoideae). It is native to Costa Rica.
description
Inga golfodulcensis is a small tree with bare, slightly cork-black branches. The bare leaves are triply pinnate, the leaflets elliptical. The outermost pair of leaflets is 11 to 19 centimeters long and 3.5 to 6.8 centimeters wide, the innermost 8.5 to 14.5 centimeters long and 2.7 to 5.2 centimeters wide.
The leaf hachis is 5 to 10 centimeters long, cylindrical in cross section, i.e. wingless. There are glands between each pair of leaflets. The stipules are 1 millimeter long and deciduous.
The inflorescences arise from the axils of undeveloped leaves and stand in groups, there are dense ears. The shaft is 1.2 to 1.5 centimeters long, the rachis 4 to 5 millimeters. The flat fruits are twisted in a spiral, have a diameter of around 7 centimeters and are covered with white, scaly hair.
distribution
Inga golfodulcensis is endemic to the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica.
Systematics and botanical history
The species was first described in 1991 by Nelson A. Zamora , the epithet refers to its origin in the Golfo Dulce region.
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