Inga litoralis
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Inga litoralis is a species of tree from the subfamily of the mimosa family (Mimosoideae). It is native to Costa Rica.
description
Inga litoralis is a small tree with dense rust-red fluffy hairy, slightly cork-black twigs. The bare leaves are triply pinnate, the leaflets are elliptical and have dense rust-red hairs underneath. The outermost pair of leaflets is 14.6 to 23 centimeters long and 5 to 10 centimeters wide, the innermost 3 to 9 centimeters long and 1.3 to 5 centimeters wide.
The leaf hachis is 5 to 10 centimeters long and winged, the petiole cylindrical and weakly winged. There are very thin, short-stalked glands between each pair of leaflets. The lanceolate stipules are 4 millimeters long and obsolete.
The inflorescences are dense to loose spikes . They arise from the leaf axils and stand individually or in groups. The shaft is 3.3 to 7 centimeters long, the rachis 2.5 to 6 centimeters long. The flowers are sessile. The flat fruits are straight, 14 to 25 centimeters long, 1.3 to 2 centimeters wide and densely hairy with bristles.
distribution
Inga litoralis is endemic to Costa Rica, where it inhabits deciduous seasonal rainforests.
Systematics and botanical history
The species was first described in 1991 by Nelson A. Zamora .
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. 280, ISSN 0252-192X / ISBN 3-85474-072-7 , PDF on ZOBODAT