Taxon:
Inga spectabilis (Vahl) Willd.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 4(2):1017. 1806
Verified:
10/22/1999
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Britton, N. L. & J. N. Rose. 1928. Mimosaceae. North American flora 23(1):8. Note: ser. 1, 1905-1957; ser. 2, 1954-1972
- Croat, T. B. 1978. Flora of Barro Colorado Island.
- Gunn, C. R. 1984. Fruits and seeds of genera in the subfamily Mimosoideae (Fabaceae). Techn. Bull. U.S.D.A. 1681:132. Note: mentions
- 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. 53:322. URL: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/702#/summary
- Little, E. L. Jr. 1970. New tree species from Esmeraldas, Ecuador. Phytologia 19:268. URL: http://www.phytologia.org/
- Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 466.
- Pittier, H. F. et al. 1945-1947. Catálogo de la flora venezolana.
- 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
- Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
- 1969. Arboles comunes de la Provincia de Esmeraldas. 202.
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | s. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | Chiriquí | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | Colón | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | Darién | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | Panamá | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Tachira | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Trujillo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. in neotropics |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Oaxaca]
Southern America
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica, Nicaragua (s.), Panama [Chiriquí, Colón, Darién, Panamá]
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela [Tachira, Trujillo]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Ecuador
Cultivated
(also cult. in neotropics)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | fruit | fide Inga 468-470. 1997 | Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 466. |