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Comprehensive Description

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Inga schiedeana Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 1: 810. 1840
/nga^fATMOso Schl. Linnaea 12: 559. 1838. Not Graham, 1828. Inga Pringlei Harms, Repert. 13: 526. 1915.
A small tree, the twigs densely brownpubescent. Stipules none; rachis of leaf narrowly winged, bearing small sessile glands between the leaflets; leaflets 4 to 6 pairs, lanceolate, shining and glabrate above, pale and hairy beneath, 2.5-8 cm. long; peduncles 1 to 3 in the axils of the leaves, 1-3 cm. long, brownish-pubescent; spikes at first short and dense, becoming 4-6 cm. long; bractlets linear, 4-7 mm. long, caducous; calyx' 5-6 mm. long, somewhat pubescent, especially above, striate; corolla 8-9 mm. long, appressed-pubescent ; stamens about 1.5 cm. long, the tube included.
TypB locality: Near Jalapa, Veracruz.
Distribution: Known only from the type locality and vicinity.
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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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