Comprehensive Description
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Inga latipes Pittier, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18: 183. 1916
A tree with angled glabrous twigs. Rachis of leaf wingless, bearing large sessile glands between the leaflets; leaflets 3 pairs, glabrate, shining above, ovate-elliptic, often acuminate, 3.5-12 cm. long; inflorescence a short spike; legume 9-31 cm. long, 4 cm. broad, very flat, glabrous, short-stipitate, the valves elevated by the prominent seeds.
Type locality: Las Vueltas de Tiicurrique, Costa Rica. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Inga latipes: Brief Summary
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Inga latipes is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Costa Rica.
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