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Inga multijuga Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. 30: 615. 1875
Feuilleea multijuga Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 188. 1891.
A tree, 3-13 m. high, the young branches brownish-tomentose. Rachis of leaf wingless, 2-3 dm. long, pubescent, with large cup-shaped glands between each pair of leaflets; leaflets 5 to 10 pairs, oblong to lanceolate, 4—15 cm. long, acute, or sometimes long-acuminate, glabrate and shining above, reticulate, pale and pubescent beneath; peduncles axillary, sometimes in pairs, 2-3 cm. long, pubescent; spikes 1.5 cm. long or less; calyx 7-8 mm. long, striate, pubescent; corolla about 25 mm. long, appressedvillous; stamen-sheath shorter than the corolla.
Type locality: Panama. Distribution : Panama and Guatemala.
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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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