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Inga goldmanii Pittier

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Inga goldmanii Pittier, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb
18: 198. 1916.
A tree, 6-10 m. high, the twigs angled and densely brownish-hairy. Rachis winged, bearing subsessile glands between the leaflets; leaflets 3 or 4 pairs, ovate to oblong, obtuse or acute, 7-20 cm. long, shining and sparsely villous with impressed veins above, glabrate or hairy on the prominent veins beneath; peduncles axillary, 4-6 cm. long, densely brownishhairy; spikes 4—5 cm. long; calyx 14 mm. long, densely pubescent; corolla 25 mm. long, densely tomentose; staminal tube included; legume flat, 20 cm. long, 3.5-4.3 cm. broad, rounded at apex or sometimes apiculate, densely brownish-hispid, its thick stipe 2 cm. long.
Type locality: Near Gatiin, Panama. Distribution: Panama and Costa Rica.
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Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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