Fabaceae FAMILY

Inga barbourii

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree

Growth—

This species does not flower regularly each year, and individual trees are sometimes flowerless for several years in a row^[1]. This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby[].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Inga+barbourii>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 53 — Missouri Botanical Garden · 1966 ↩︎Contains an excellent treament of a section of the genus Inga. An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet.
[2]Studies of Central American Plants Vols. 1 - 7 — Standley P.C.; Steyermark J.A. · Field Museum of Natural History · 1944 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Descriptions and notes on a range of plants from Central America. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
[3]Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants — http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 ↩︎Terse details of a huge range of useful plants.
[4]The Leguminosae; A Source Book of Characteristics, Uses and Nodulation — Allen O.N.; Allen E.K. · University of Wisconsin · 1981 · ISBN 0-333-32221-5 ↩︎An amazing and comprehensive work, giving a brief guide to the many genera of the family Fabaceae and also the principle uses of the genus.
[PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎