Inga laurina (Sw.) Willd., Fabaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  Evaluate, score: 6 (Go to the risk assessment).

Other Latin names:  Inga fagifolia (L.) Willd. ex Benth.; Mimosa fagifolia L.; Mimosa laurina Sw.

Common name(s): [more details]

English: Spanish oak, sacky sac bean

French: arbre a miel, pois doux blanc

Spanish: cujincuil, palal, paternillo

Habit:  tree

Description:  "A small tree, commonly 8-9 meters high, with a broad crown, glabrous throughout or nearly so; leaf rachis naked, with small cupular glands between each pair of leaflets, slender; leaflets 1-3 pairs, subcoriaceous, obliquely ovate or obovate, sometimes elliptic, 4-14 cm. long, 1.5-4.5 cm. wide, acute or obtuse, usually with an obtuse tip, cuneately narrowed at the base; flowers spicate, the spikes axillary or terminal, solitary or geminate, 4-15 cm. long, lax and rather remotely flowered; flowers sessile or subsessile, white, fragrant; calyx tubular, glabrous or nearly so, 4-5 mm. long; corolla tubular-campanulate, 4-5 mm. long, the stamen tube long-exserted; legume flat and strongly compressed, glabrous or almost so, 7-15 cm. long, 2-3.5 cm. wide, sessile, broadly rounded at the apex, the margins strongly thickened"  (Standley & Steyermark, 1946; (5):38).

Habitat/ecology:  In Guatemala (native), "dry rocky thickets or thin forest, 700 meters or less"  (Standley & Steyermark, 1946; (5):38).  In New Caledonia, "moins commun dans les jardins que le précédent, mais parfois spontané"  (MacKee, 1994; p. 78).

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  Mexico; Central and South America (GRIN).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Hawai‘i (Big) Island		Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.) (1927) (voucher ID: BISH 55558) Taxon name on voucher: Inga fagifolia (L.) Willd. ex Benth.
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island		Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.) (1933) (voucher ID: BISH 55559) Taxon name on voucher: Inga fagifolia (L.) Willd. ex Benth.
New Caledonia New Caledonia Archipelago	Île Grande Terre	introduced invasive cultivated	MacKee, H. S. (1994) (p. 78) Vouchers cited: Robert in MacKee 21513, MacKee 21876, MacKee 22586, Suprin in MacKee 45982 spontané

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Central America Central America (Pacific rim)	Costa Rica (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Central America Central America (Pacific rim)	El Salvador (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Central America Central America (Pacific rim)	Guatemala (Republic of)	native	Standley, Paul C./Steyermark, Julian A. (1946) (p. 38)
Central America Central America (Pacific rim)	Honduras (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Central America Central America (Pacific rim)	Nicaragua (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Central America Central America (Pacific rim)	Panama (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Indonesia Indonesia	Indonesia (Republic of)	introduced	ILDIS Co-ordinating Centre (2013)
Mexico Mexico	Mexico (United Mexican States)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
South America (Pacific rim) South America (Pacific rim)	Colombia	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
South America (Pacific rim) South America (Pacific rim)	Ecuador (Republic of) (continental)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
South America (Pacific rim) South America (Pacific rim)	Perú (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)

Indian Ocean
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
La Réunion (France) La Réunion Island	La Réunion Island	introduced	ILDIS Co-ordinating Centre (2013)
Mauritius Mautitius Islands (Mauritius and Rodrigues)	Mauritius Island	introduced	ILDIS Co-ordinating Centre (2013)

Control:  If you know of control methods for Inga laurina, please let us know.