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Taxon:
Inga edulis
Mart.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Inga
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Ingeae
Nomen number:
20082
Place of publication:
Flora 20(2, Beibl.):113. 1837
Verified:
10/22/1999
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Inga ynga
(Vell.) J. W. Moore
Mimosa ynga
Vell.
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Reference(s)
Burkart, A. E.
1952. Las leguminosas Argentinas - silvestres y cultivadas, ed. 2.
Croat, T. B.
1978. Flora of Barro Colorado Island.
Note:
=
Inga minutula
(Schery) Elias
Duke, J. A.
1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Encke, F. et al.
1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Inga+edulis&quantity=1
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
León, J.
1966. Central American and West Indian species of
Inga
(Leguminosae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 53:333.
URL:
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/702#/summary
Lewis, G. P.
1987. Legumes of Bahia
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
1936-. Flora of Peru
Note:
1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
Pennington, T. D.
1997. The genus
Inga
, botany 742.
Pittier, H. F. et al.
1945-1947. Catálogo de la flora venezolana.
Poncy, O.
1985. Le genre
Inga
(Légumineuses, Mimosoideae) en Guyane française. Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Bot. 31:64.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Reitz, R., ed.
1965-. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
Secretaria Pro-Tempore.
1993-. Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica.
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Steyermark, J. A. & O. Huber.
1978. Flora del Avila.
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Common names
English
ice-cream-bean –
Reference(s)
French
pois doux –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
inga-cipó –
Reference(s)
Spanish
chalaite –
Reference(s)
cuajiniquil –
Reference(s)
guaba –
Reference(s)
pacay –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
e.
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
e.
2
Cultivated
also cult.
4
Naturalized
natzd. elsewhere in neotropics
Native
Southern America
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
,
Venezuela
BRAZIL:
Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Colombia
(e.),
Ecuador
,
Peru
(e.)
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere in neotropics)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
shade/shelter
Lewis, G. P.
1987. Legumes of Bahia
Human food
fruit
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Name
References