Inga punctata
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Inga punctata is a species of tree from the subfamily of the mimosa family (Mimosoideae). It is native to Central and South America.
description
Inga punctata is a tree up to 20 meters high with gray-brown bark and brown, fluffy rust-red haired branches. The bald or finely hairy leaves are pinnate in two or three pairs, the leaflets elliptical to obovate. The outermost pair of leaflets is 8 to 19, rarely up to 23 centimeters long and 2.6 to 9.3 centimeters wide, the innermost 4 to 13 centimeters long and 1.9 to 5.8 centimeters wide.
The leaf hachis is 1.2 to 6.2 inches long and cylindrical in cross section, the glands inconspicuous. The stipules are 2 to 8 millimeters long and obsolete.
The inflorescences arise from the axils of undeveloped leaves and are usually in groups of one to six dense ears. The shaft is 1.5 to 5.5 inches long and dense rust-red fine fluffy hairs, the Rhachis 1, rarely 0.5 to 3 inches long. The flowers are sessile, pale green, the stamens white or cream-colored. The fruits are flat, 4 to 20 centimeters long and 1 to 2, rarely up to 4 centimeters wide and hairless or stiff.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 26.
distribution
Inga punctata is native from Mexico to the Antilles to Bolivia and the Amazon regions of Brazil.
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. 281, ISSN 0252-192X / ISBN 3854740727 , PDF on ZOBODAT
Individual evidence
- ^ Inga punctata at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis