Inga allenii

Inga allenii is a tree species of the subfamily of the mimosa family ( Mimosoideae ). It is native to Central America.

Description

Inga allenii is a small to medium-sized tree with korkwarziger bark and bare branches. The leaves are pinnate triple pairs, the hairless leaflets elliptic to ovate and leathery. The outermost pair of leaflets is 8 to 16 inches long and 3 to 4 inches wide, the innermost 5 to 7 inches long and 2.5 to 3 centimeters wide. The Blattrhachis is 5 to 1.8 inches long. Between each pair of leaflets, there are long-stalked glands, 2-3 mm long stipules are usually permanent, rarely obsolete.

The inflorescences are capitate and arise from the axils of untrained leaves. The shaft is 1,8 to 2 inches long, the rachis about 2 millimeters. The flowers are 6-7 mm long. The fruits are just flat and hairless, 15 to 20 centimeters long and 2.5 to 3.2 inches wide.

Dissemination

The species is native to Costa Rica and Panama.

Systematics and Botanical History

The species was first described in 1966 by Jorge León.

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