Inga marginata
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Inga marginata is a species of tree from the subfamily of the mimosa family (Mimosoideae). It is native to Central and South America.
description
Inga marginata is a tree up to 30 meters high with a dense crown, gray, smooth bark and cork-black , bare to slightly hairy twigs. The bare leaves are pinnate in two to three pairs, the leaflets mostly elliptical. The outermost pair of leaflets is 7.8 to 20 centimeters long and 2.1 to 7 centimeters wide, the innermost 3.6 to 12 centimeters long and 1.1 to 5 centimeters wide.
The leaf hachis is 1.5 to 5.5 inches long and winged wide. The stipules are 0.2 to 1.5 inches long and mostly obsolete.
The inflorescences are spikes that arise from the leaf axils and stand individually or in groups. The shaft is 0.6 to 3, rarely up to 4 inches long and finely haired, the rachis 3.5 to 11.5 inches long. The flowers are sessile, greenish-yellow, the stamens white. The fruits are hairless, 7 to 12.5 inches long and 0.6 to 0.9 inches wide.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 26.
distribution
Inga marginata is native from Mexico to Argentina and Paraguay, it often colonizes areas near river banks.
Systematics and botanical history
The species was first described by Carl Ludwig Willdenow in 1806 .
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. 280, ISSN 0252-192X / ISBN 3854740727 , PDF on ZOBODAT
Individual evidence
- ^ Inga marginata at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis