Inga densiflora Benth.

Large, spreading tree about 16 m. tall, the branchlets lightly or moderately cinereous-tomentose. Leaves moderately large, 8-foliolate; petiole scarcely 1 cm. long, terete, tomentose, swollen basally; rachis up to 10 cm. long, narrowly alate (sometimes obscurely so on lowermost rachial internode), tomentose along the axis, bearing above at the rachial nodes a sessile, patelliform gland; leaflets normally 4 pairs, elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 10-20 cm. long and 5-7 cm. wide in the terminal pair, usually short-acuminate apically, obtuse to blunt and somewhat in-equilateral basally, heavily pubescent on costa and chief veins, loosely appressed-strigose or subglabrous and "glandular" elsewhere; stipules linear, about 5 mm. long, caducous. Inflorescence of 1-2 pedunculate spikes borne from subterminal axils; peduncle 3-6 cm. long, pubescent; floriferous portion of spike usually 1-3 cm. long, the flowers very congested; bracts small, caducous. Flowers small, white, sessile; calyx tubular-funnelform, about 4 mm. long, subglabrous or sparsely stri-gose, striate; corolla tubular, 7-S mm. long, hirsute-strigose; stamens 15 or more mm. long, the staminal tube scarcely exserted. Legume broad, flat, up to 16 cm. long and 5 cm. wide, slightly margined, transversely striate, subglabrous in age, blackish, several-seeded.

A tropical plant. In Mexico it grows between 100-2,250 m above sea level. It grows in humid places. It can be in the rainforest or cloud forest.

The aril or layer around the seeds is eaten raw.

Plants grow easily from seeds. Seeds germinate in 1-2 weeks given moisture and shade.