Inga striata Bentham 1845: 608

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

31. Inga striata Bentham 1845: 608 . ( Fig. 4J )

Distribution: In Brazil it occurs in states of all regions ( Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it occurs in the Céu Azul and Foz do Iguaçu areas.

Reproductive period: It flowers in the months of July to October, fruits in November, December and January ( Possette & Rodrigues 2010). In ParNa Iguaçu it was found in flower in October and November, in fruit in October.

Diagnostic characteristics: Trees with pinnate leaves easily confused with I. vera as both species present tomentose leaflets and congested inflorescences, but this species can be differentiated by its foliar nectaries up to 1.1 mm diam and striations on the calyx (vs. nectaries more than 1.5 mm diam and without striations on the calyx in I. vera ).

Conservation: Native-NE.

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 1, Céu Azul, 1 October 2015, (fl.), M.G. Caxambu 6907 ( EVB, HCF, MBM, UFMT); Area 3, Foz do Iguaçu , 27 October 2018, (fl., fr.), C.R. Rauber et al. 191 ( UNOP) .

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)