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Inga edulis Mart.

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HIGHER TAXON: Ingeae

GENUS: Inga Mill.

Inga edulis Mart. [Preferred name]
    Feuilleea edulis (Mart.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Inga benthamiana Meissner {Synonym}
    Inga scabriuscula Benth. {Synonym}
    Inga vera Kunth {Synonym}
    Inga vera sensu Brenan {Misapplied}
    Inga ynga (Vell.)J.W.Moore {Synonym}
    Mimosa ynga Vell. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Barisa Pacae [3355]; Estihua Pacae [3355]; Guaba [3355]; Guaba De Bejuco [3355]; Guabilla [3355]; Guama [3355]; Guamo Liso [3355]; Guamo Rabo De Mono [3355]; Ice Cream Bean [1902]; Inga De Macaco [3355]; Inga Macarrao [3355]; Inga Vipo [3355]; Monkey Tail [3355]; Pacae Silvestre [3355]; Pacae Soga [3355]; Rujino Shimbillo [3355]; Waikey [3355]; Waupa [3355]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Nigeria (I) [8]; Sao Tome & Principe (I) [4]; Tanzania (I) [1]; Zaire (I) [8]
  Asia
  Australasia
New Caledonia (I) [3330]
  Central America
Belize (I) [1247, 1660]; Costa Rica (I) [1410, 1519, 1673]; El Salvador (I) [1660]; Guatemala (I) [1519, 1660]; Honduras (I) [1233, 1410]; Mexico (I) [1124, 1125, 1519, 1619, 1660]; Nicaragua (I) [3348, 3355]; Panama (U) [1124, 1125, 1410, 1519, 1619, 1660, 1682]
  Pacific Ocean
Society Is (I) [3330]
  South America
Argentina (U) [3396]; Jujuy [3396]; Salta [3396]; Bolivia (U) [1231]; Brazil (N) [4, 1071, 1124, 1125, 1171, 1231, 1233, 1234, 1235, 1362, 1412, 1422, 1525, 1536, 1619, 1660, 3355]; Acre [3355]; Amapa [3355]; Amazonas [3355]; Bahia [3355]; Ceara [3355]; Espirito Santo [3355]; Mato Grosso [3355]; Minas Gerais [3355]; Para [3355]; Parana [3355]; Pernambuco [3355]; Rio De Janeiro [3355]; Rondonia [3355]; Roraima [3355]; Sao Paulo [3355]; Colombia (N) [1124, 1297, 3355]; Ecuador (N) [1233, 1727, 3355]; French Guiana (N) [1071, 1231, 1536, 3355]; Galapagos (U) [1712]; Guyana (N) [3355]; Paraguay (U) [3328]; Peru (N) [1231, 1450, 3355]; Surinam (N) [1071, 1124, 3355]; Venezuela (N) [1124, 1125, 1174, 1362, 1676, 3355]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [1];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [4, 2022, 3348, 3355] ; Distribution Map [3355] ; Illustration [3355]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [2022] ; Further editing: 2003-07 Brewer PW, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348] ; Habit: Tree [2022] ; Lifespan: Perennial [2022] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Nielsen IC & Rico ML ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005)

  
USES:
  Domestic [3355]; Environmental [1, 2022]; Food and Drink [2022, 3355]

  
NOTES:
  Often grown as a shade tree in gardens due to its broad crown [3355]
  Introduced and cultivated in Malesia. [2022]
  Native of tropical South America. [2022]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1959
    Mimosoideae.In:Fl.Trop.East Africa.Hubbard & Milne-Redhead

4.

  Liberato, Maria Candida, 1973
    Flora de Sao Tome e Principe: Mimosaceae

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

1071.

  Baretta-Kuipers, T., 1973
    Acta.Bot.Neerl.22(3):193-205...Wood-anat. research...Inga

1124.

  Broich, S.L., 1986
    Madrono 33(2):136-143 New Sp. Lathyrus N.W. California

1231.

  Ducke, A., 1949
    Bol.Tecn.Inst.Agron.N.18:1-248 Notas Flora Neotropica-II:Ama

1233.

  Ducke, A., 1953
    Mem.Inst.Oswaldo Cruz 51:417-461 Legumionosas-Pernamb.,Parai

1247.

  Dwyer, J.D., 1957
    Ann.Missouri Bot.Gard.44:295-297 Androcalymma...Cassieae...

1410.

  Leon, J., 1966
    Ann.Missouri Bot.Gard.53:265-359 C.Amer. & W.Indian Inga

1519.

  Pittier, H., 1929
    J.Dept.Agric.Porto Rico 13(4):116-176..Middle American Inga

1660.

  Standley, P.C., 1950
    Ceiba 1(1):38-49 New Plants from Honduras

1712.

  Wiggins, I.L. & Porter, D.M., 1971
    Flora of Galapagos Islands Leguminosae

1902.

  Terrell, E.E., 1977
    Checklist of Names for 3,000 Vas.Pl... Agric.Handbook No.505

2022.

  Nielsen, I.C., 1992
    Flora Malesiana, Series I Vol II Part I Mimosaceae.

3328.

  USDA, NRCS, 2002
    The Plants Database, Version 3.5 - http://plants.usda.gov

3330.

  MNHN Paris Herbarium, 2003
    MNHN Herbarium specimen, see notes for species

3348.

  Stevens, W.D., et al., 2001
    Flora de Nicaragua,85(2)...Missouri Bot.Gard.Press

3355.

  Pennington, T.D., 1997
    The Genus Inga: Botany. RBG Kew.

3396.

  Hoc, P.,, 1990
    Las Especies Argentinas de Inga (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae)

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