Inga thibaudiana

Botanical Description

Inga thibaudiana is usually a tree growing 6 - 20 metres tall, though sometimes it is only a shrub. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 10 - 40cm in diameter[ 333 Title Tree Species of Panama Publication Author Website http://ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu/webatlas/mainframe.php?order=s Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Factsheets on all the tree and shrub species of Panama, giving identification guide, brief guide to the species and some uses. A vast, but rather incomplete work as of 15/07/09. , 422 Title Fruits of the Guianan Flora Publication Author van Roosmalen. M.G.M. Publisher Institute of Systematic Boyany, Utrecht University; Netherlands. Year 1985 ISBN 90-9000988-4 Description Terse descriptions of over 1,700 species from the Guianas that bear fruits - not necessarily edible! Often mentions if the fruit is edible, plus gives brief description of habit and habitat. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of wood. It is also sometimes grown as a pioneer species to re-establish woodland.