Inga
Inga is a genus of plants of the family of the mimosa family ( Mimosoideae ) within the legume family ( Fabaceae ). It includes about 350 species of small to large trees that are common in the tropics and subtropics.
Features
It is in species of this genus are small to large trees. Its leaves are pinnate and consist of two to numerous leaflets. Between each pair of leaflets along the rachis are clearly visible glands. The stipules are either small and frail or significantly larger and more permanent.
The flowers have numerous long stamens. The fruits are flat, quadrangular or nearly cylindrical to cylindrical, straight to curved or spirally screwed legumes, whose surface is leathery woody to approximate. The seeds are embedded in white pith.
Dissemination
Inga are tropical or subtropical plants occurring worldwide. In Central and South America, they are often alone in Costa Rica, there are 66 species.
Types (selection)
There are about 350 species of Inga, including:
- Inga acreana
- Inga acrocephala
- Inga acuminata
- Inga alba
- Inga allenii
- Inga aptera
- Inga bella
- Inga blanchetiana
- Inga bourgoni
- Inga cayennensis
- Inga chocoensis
- Inga cinnamomea
- Inga congesta
- Inga cordistipula
- Inga cylindrica
- Inga densiflora
- Inga disticha
- Inga edulis
- Inga fanchoniana
- Inga fastuosa
- Inga feuilleei
- Inga goldmanii
- Inga golfodulcensis
- Inga graciliflora
- Inga hayesii
- Inga heterophylla
- Inga hispida
- Inga huberi
- Inga ingoides
- Inga insignis
- Inga jimenezii
- Inga jinicuil
- Inga lateriflora
- Inga laurina
- Inga leiocalycina
- Inga lentiscifolia
- Inga litoralis
- Inga lomatophylla
- Inga longiflora
- Inga macrophylla
- Inga marginata
- Inga maritima
- Inga me eliana
- Inga mortoniana
- Inga multijuga
- Inga nobilis
- Inga nouragensis
- Inga oerstediana
- Inga ornata
- Inga panurensis
- Inga paraensis
- Inga pezizifera
- Inga pilosula
- Inga polita
- Inga pruriens
- Inga punctata
- Inga rubiginosa
- Inga ruiziana
- Inga sapindoides
- Inga sertulifera
- Inga sessilis
- Inga skutchii
- Inga spectabilis
- Inga splendens
- Inga stipularis
- Inga striata
- Inga subnuda
- Inga thibaudiana
- Inga tonduzii
- Inga umbellifera
- Inga velutina
- Inga venusta
- Inga vera
- Inga vulpina