Narratives Details:
Title:
Inga laurina (Sw.) Willd.
Inga laurina (Sw.) Willd.
Authors:
Nathaniel Lord Britton, Frances W. Horne
Nathaniel Lord Britton, Frances W. Horne
Scientific Name:
Inga laurina (Sw.) Willd., Mimosa laurina Sw.
Inga laurina (Sw.) Willd., Mimosa laurina Sw.
Description:
Flora Borinqueña Inga laurina Guama Pomshock Family Mimosaceae Mimosa Family Mimosa laurina Swartz, Prodromus Descriptionum Vegetabilium 85. 1788. Inga laurina Wiildenow, Species Plantarum 4: 1018. 1806. A large tree, locally plentiful in moist and relatively dry parts of Porto Rico, at lower and middle elevations, also on Vieques, elegant when in bloom by long, slender clusters of small, white flowers, and much planted for coffee-shade. It ranges westward into Santo Domingo and Haiti, eastward through the Virgin Islands, and grows in the Lesser Antilles, from St. Kitts to Grenada, perhaps also in Trinidad, and on the continent from Jalisco to Panama. The dark grey wood is hard, but not very strong, the brown bark smooth. For an account of the genus we refer to our description of Inga Inga. The two species are so different in flower and fruit, that they might by classified as representing different genera. The name Sweet Pea is recorded as sometimes used for this tree. Inga laurina (laurel-like, referring to the leaflets) may attain a height of 15 meters, or more, and is smooth throughout. The short-stalked leaves are from 10 to 25 centimeters long, usually with 2 pairs of leaflets, sometimes only 1 pair; the oblong, elliptic, pointed leaflets are from 4 to 14 centimeters long, stalkless, firm in texture, shining above, a small cup-shaped gland is borne between each pair. The slender-stalked, flower clusters are from 4 to 16 centimeters long, the small, white individual flowers on very short stalks; the calyx is only about 2 millimeters long, with short, broad, teeth; the corolla 5 or 6 millimeters long, with pointed lobes, the stamens about 4 times as long as the corolla. The flat pod is from 5 to 15 centimeters, from 2 to 2.5 centimeters wide, transversely striate, with raised margins.
Flora Borinqueña Inga laurina Guama Pomshock Family Mimosaceae Mimosa Family Mimosa laurina Swartz, Prodromus Descriptionum Vegetabilium 85. 1788. Inga laurina Wiildenow, Species Plantarum 4: 1018. 1806. A large tree, locally plentiful in moist and relatively dry parts of Porto Rico, at lower and middle elevations, also on Vieques, elegant when in bloom by long, slender clusters of small, white flowers, and much planted for coffee-shade. It ranges westward into Santo Domingo and Haiti, eastward through the Virgin Islands, and grows in the Lesser Antilles, from St. Kitts to Grenada, perhaps also in Trinidad, and on the continent from Jalisco to Panama. The dark grey wood is hard, but not very strong, the brown bark smooth. For an account of the genus we refer to our description of Inga Inga. The two species are so different in flower and fruit, that they might by classified as representing different genera. The name Sweet Pea is recorded as sometimes used for this tree. Inga laurina (laurel-like, referring to the leaflets) may attain a height of 15 meters, or more, and is smooth throughout. The short-stalked leaves are from 10 to 25 centimeters long, usually with 2 pairs of leaflets, sometimes only 1 pair; the oblong, elliptic, pointed leaflets are from 4 to 14 centimeters long, stalkless, firm in texture, shining above, a small cup-shaped gland is borne between each pair. The slender-stalked, flower clusters are from 4 to 16 centimeters long, the small, white individual flowers on very short stalks; the calyx is only about 2 millimeters long, with short, broad, teeth; the corolla 5 or 6 millimeters long, with pointed lobes, the stamens about 4 times as long as the corolla. The flat pod is from 5 to 15 centimeters, from 2 to 2.5 centimeters wide, transversely striate, with raised margins.
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