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4. Inga paterno Harms, Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 13: 419. 1914. 

 Oaxaca. Guatemala (type locality) to Costa Rica. 



Medium-sized tree; leaflets 8 or 10, elliptic to lanceolate, 4 to 17 cm. long, 

 obtuse or acute, glabrous ; flowers white ; fruit flat, 9 to 12 cm. long, 4 to 5 cm. 

 wide, 2 or 3-seeded. "Paterno" (Guatemala); " cuajinicuil " (Costa Rica). 



Often planted, like the other species, for coffee shade. 



5. Inga radians Pittier, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18: 178. 1916. 

 Oaxaca and Chiapas ; type from Tapachula, Chiapas. 



Tree; leaflets usually 6, elliptic or ovate, 7 to 18 cm. long, acuminate, 

 glabrous; fruit sometimes 40 cm. long, 6.5 to 8.5 cm. wide, about 3 cm. thick. 

 " Cuajinicuil " ( Chiapas ) . 



6. Ing-a pringlei Harms, Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 13: 526. 1915. ' 

 Known only from the type locality, Jalapa, Veracruz. 



Small tree; leaflets 10 or 12, lance-oblong, 4 to 7.5 cm. long, acuminate, 

 thinly pilose beneath. 



7. Inga edulis Mart. Flora 20: Beibl. 113. 1837. 



Veracruz. Central America and South America ; type from Brazil. 



Small or large tree, sometimes 15 meters high, with broad spreading crown 

 and gray bark ; leaflets usually 6 or 8, very variable in form, mostly 10 to 20 

 cm. long; fruit short, angled, densely pubescent, with edible pulp. " Guayani- 

 quil" (Costa Rica). 



8. Inga xalapensis Benth. Lond. Journ. Bot. 4: 610. 1845. 



Sinaloa and Jalisco to Veracruz; type from Jalapa, Veracruz. Central 

 America. 



Small tree, 6 to 8 meters high, the trunk 50 to 60 cm. in diameter, the bark 

 ashy brown ; leaflets 10 to 16, oblong or lance-oblong. 6 to 17 cm. long, acute or 

 obtuse; fruit 10 to 15 cm. long, about 1 cm. wide. " Cuajiniquil " (Jalisco) ; 

 "vainillo" (Sinaloa); " cuje " (Guatemala). 



Wood used in Sinaloa for fence posts. 



9. Inga purpusii Pittier, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18: 199. 1916. 

 Known only from the type locality, Finca Yolanda, Chiapas. 



Tree; leaflets 4 or 6, ovate or oblong. 10 to IS cm. long, acute, pubescent on 

 both surfaces. 



10. Inga fissicalyx Pittier, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18: 213. 1916. 

 Veracruz and Tabasco ; type from Zacuapan, Veracruz. Guatemala. 

 Leaflets lance-oblong, 3 to 11 cm. long, acute, pubescent on both surfaces. 



" Bitze," " chelele," " guatope " (Tabasco). 



11. Inga eriocarpa Benth. Lond. Journ. Bot. 4: 615. 1845. 



Sinaloa and Jalisco to Michoaean, Oaxaca,. and Veracruz ; type collected be- 

 tween San Bias and Guadalajara. 



Tree, often 12 meters high, with spreading crown and rough black bark; 

 leaflets about 10. oblong to oval-obovate, 4 to 9 cm. long, very thick; flowers 

 white; fruit subterete, tomentose. "Vainillo" (Michoaean, Sinaloa); " agua- 

 tope " (Oaxaca, from the Nahuatl ahua-topochtic, "white stamens"). 



12. Inga spuria Humb. & Bonpl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 1011. 1806. 



Tepic to Tamaulipas, Veracruz, and Chiapas. Central America and South 

 America ; type from Venezuela. 



Large or small ti*ee, sometimes 15 meters high, with wide-spreading crown ; 

 leaflets about 10, 5 to 13 cm. long, pubescent ; flowers white ; fruit subterete, 

 short or elongate, tomentose. "Vainillo" (Veracruz) ; " jinicuile " (Guerrero) ; 

 "timbre" (Veracruz); "cuje" (Guatemala); " guama " (Venezuela); "cua- 

 jinicuil" (Jalisco, Costa Rica). 



