Inga thibaudiana
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Inga thibaudiana is a species of tree from the subfamily of the mimosa family (Mimosoideae). It is native to Central and South America.
description
Inga thibaudiana is a tree up to 25 meters high with green, gray and reddish-brown spotted bark and dark brown, fluffy, rust-red haired branches. The leaves, which are bare on the upper side and densely hairy on the underside, are usually pinnate five to sixfold, the leaflets lanceolate to elliptical. The outermost pair of leaflets is 7.4 to 17.5 inches long and 2.8 to 7.6 inches wide, the innermost 3 to 10.2 inches long and 1.5 to 4.9 inches wide.
The petiole, like the 7 to 20 centimeter long leaf hachis, is winged or cylindrical, with cup-shaped, green to orange or black glands between each pair of leaves. The stipules are 1 to 3 millimeters long, hairy and deciduous.
The inflorescences are axillary, dense spikes that are in groups of two to five pieces. The shaft is 1 to 4 centimeters long and hairy, fluffy rust-red, the rachis 1 to 3.5 centimeters long. The flowers are yellowish-green, the stamens white. The flat, straight or curved fruits are 8 to 30 inches long and 1.8 to 2.5 inches wide.
distribution
Inga thibaudiana is native from Mexico to Bolivia and central Brazil.
Systematics and botanical history
The species was first described by Augustin-Pyrame de Candolle in 1825 .
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. 282, ISSN 0252-192X / ISBN 3854740727 , PDF on ZOBODAT
