Inga paterno Harms

Inga radians Pittier, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18: 178. 1916
A tree, the twigs angled, puberulent. Stipules obovate, 1.5 cm. long, persistent; petiole often bearing a gland near the middle; rachis bearing stipitate glands between the leaflets; leaflets 3 or 4 pairs, elliptic to ovate, the lowest pairs 7-12 cm. long, the terminal pair up to 18 cm. long, often rounded at base, long-acuminate, glabrous, very pale beneath; peduncles axillary, often in fascicles, 6-12 cm. long, puberident; flowers densely capitate, on pedicels 2 mm. long; calyx 2 mm. long or longer, puberulent; corolla funnelform, 8 mm. long or longer, puberulent at top; stamen-tube about as long as the corolla; ovary glabrous; legume up to 4 dm. long; 6.5-8.5 cm. broad, 3 cm. thick, glabrous; seeds about 15, surrounded with a white sweet pulp.
Type locality: Tapachula, Chiapas. Distribution; Chiapas and Oaxaca.

Inga paterno Harms, Repert. 13: 419. 1914
A tree up to 8 m. high, glabrous or nearly so throughout. Stipules 15 mm. long, persistent; rachis bearing sessile glands between the leaflets; leaflets 4 or 5 pairs, lanceolate, 4-20 cm. long, acuminate or acute; peduncles axillary, often in clusters, 3-8 cm. long; flowers densely capitate; pedicels 1-2 mm. long; calyx 1-2 mm. long; corolla 5-7.5 mm. long; stamen-tube not as long as the corolla; legume flat and thin, 9-12 cm. long, 4-5 cm. broad, with a short winged stipe, rounded at apex, or sometimes with a tip 3.5 cm. long, glabrous; seeds 2 or 3, large, the surrounding pulp edible.
Type locality: Guadalupe near San Salvador, El Salvador.
Distribution: Oaxaca to Guatemala and Costa Rica. Often planted for co£fee shade.