Inga vera Willdenow (1806: 1010)

Rauber, Cristiane Ritter, Lima, Laura Cristina Pires, Caxambu, Marcelo Galeazzi & Temponi, Lívia Godinho, 2021, Synopsis of Leguminosae from Iguaçu National Park, Paraná, Brazil, Phytotaxa 501 (2), pp. 245-280 : 261

32. Inga vera Willdenow (1806: 1010) . ( Fig. 4K )

Distribution: In Brazil it occurs almost throughout the country, except in some states in the Northeast region ( Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it occurs in all areas.

Reproductive period: It flowers all year, fruits between January and Februrary ( Possette & Rodrigues 2010). In ParNa Iguaçu it was found in flower in October and November, in fruit in February.

Diagnostic characteristics: Trees with pinnate leaves easily confused with I. striata , but differentiated by nectaries more than 1.5 mm diam and without striations on the calyx (vs. foliar nectaries with up to 1.1 mm diam and striations on the calyx in I. striata ).

Conservation: Native-NE.

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 1, Capitão Leônidas Marques , 25 June 2004, (fl.), P. Labiak 3301 ( ALCB, MBM, HUCS) ; Area 2, Capanema , 03 September 2019, (fl.), C.R. Rauber et al. 427 ( UNOP) . Area 3, Foz do Iguaçu , 19 October 2019, (fr.), L.C.P. Lima 891 ( EVB) .

Figures

FIGURE 4. A: Dalbergia frutescens, branches with fruit; B and C: Desmodium affine: B: inflorescence; C: fruit; D, E and F: Desmodium incanum: D: branch with inflorescence; E: stipule; F: flower; G: Erythrina falcata, inflorescence; H: Gleditsia amorphoides, thorns; I: Inga marginata, branch with inflorescence; J: Inga striata, branch with inflorescence; K: Inga vera, branch with inflorescence; L: Lonchocarpus cultratus, branch with inflorescence. (Rauber CR 2018)