Inga golfodulcensis

Inga golfodulcensis is a tree species of the subfamily of the mimosa family ( Mimosoideae ). It is native to Costa Rica.

Description

Inga golfodulcensis is a small tree with bare branches korkwarzigen weak. The bare leaves are pinnate triple pairs, the leaflets elliptic. The outermost pair of leaves is 11 to 19 inches long and 3.5 to 6.8 inches wide, the innermost 8.5 to 14.5 inches long and 2.7 to 5.2 inches wide.

The Blattrhachis is 5 to 10 inches long, cylindrical in cross section, ie wingless. Between each pair of leaflets glandular find. The stipules are 1 mm long and redundant.

The inflorescences arise from the axils of leaves and unskilled are in groups, they are dense spikes. The shaft is 1.2 to 1.5 inches long, the rachis 4-5 mm. The flat fruits are spirally twisted, have a diameter of approximately 7 inches and filled with white, scaly hairs.

Dissemination

Inga golfodulcensis is endemic to the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica.

Systematics and Botanical History

The species was first described by Nelson A. Zamora, 1991, the epithet refers to its origin in the Golfo Dulce region.

Evidence

• Anton Weber, Werner Huber, Anton Weiss Hofer, Nelson Zamora, Georg Zimmermann: An Introductory Field Guide To The Flowering Plants Of The Golfo Dulce Rain Forests of Costa Rica, Stapfia 78, 2001, p.278, ISSN 0252 - 192X / ISBN 3-85474 -072-7

• Mimosa plants
• Mimosoideae