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Inga punctata Willd.

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Inga leptoloba Schl. Linnaea 12: 560. 1838
Feuilleea leptoloba Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 188. 1891.
A shrub or small tree, 2-3 m. high, more or less pubescent throughout. _ Rachis of leaf wingless, bearing a cup-shaped gland between each pair of leaflets; leaflets 2 or 3 pairs, lanceolate, acute, cuneate at base, 8-21 cm. long, when young appressed-pubescent on both sides, in age glabrate above, more or less shining; spikes short, often head-like, axillary, often in fascicles, sometimes in short panicles with peduncles 2-3 cm. long; calyx 4 mm. long, brownish appressed-pubescent; corolla 8 mm. long, silky-pubescent; stamen-tube much longer than the corolla; legume IS cm. long or less, 16-25 mm. broad, puberulent, short-stipitate.
Type locality: Hacienda de la Laguna, Veracruz. Distribution: Veracruz to Panama.
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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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Comprehensive Description

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Inga punctata Wilid. Sp. PI. 4: 1016. 1806
Inga punctata panamensis Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. 30: 613. 1875. Feuilleea punctata Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 188. 1891.
A small tree, 7-8 m. high, with pubescent twigs. Rachis of leaf wingless, bearing small glands between the leaflets; leaflets 2 pairs, broadly ovate to oblong, acuminate, rounded at base, appressed-pubescent on both sides, very pale beneath, 5-21 cm. long; inflorescence more or less paniculate; peduncles 1-5 cm. long; spikes about 1 cm. long; calyx 3-4 mm. long, appressed-pubescent; corolla 5 mm. long, pubescent; legume 10-12 cm. long, 2.5 cm. broad, somewhat hairy, impressed between the seeds.
Type locality: Caracas, Venezuela.
Distribution: Guatemala to Panama and Venezuela; Tobago.
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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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