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Fabaceae

 10-Inga flower in longitudinal section

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The flowers of Inga are perfect, actinomorphic, and have many stamens, typical of the subfamily. Note single carpel and superior ovary inside the staminal tube.
Photo by K. R. Robertson from plants cultivated at the Illinois Natural History Survey.
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