Trees. Leaves 1-pinnate, paripinnate. Rhachis usually winged, with nectariferous glands between leaflets. Flowers bisexual, in axillary spikes, globose heads, racemes, or umbels. Corolla white, funnel-shaped. Stamens numerous, long-exserted. Pod indehiscent. Seeds surrounded by fleshy, white pulp. Derivation of name: from the Tupi indigenous term ingá, which means 'soaked' or 'powdery', alluding to the distinctive, sweet, white, and fibrous pulp (aril) that surrounds the seeds inside the large seed pods, which has a consistency that seems soaked or powdery to Worldwide: 294 species occurring from Mexico to tropical America Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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