Fabaceae FAMILY

Inga ingoides

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Inga ingoides is a tree with a flat or fairly round crown; it can grow up to 22 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be up to 32cm in diameter[ 408 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 53 Publication Author Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 1966 ISBN Description Contains an excellent treament of a section of the genus Inga. An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet. ]. The edible fruit is harvested from the wild for local use. The tree is sometimes cultivated for this edible fruit[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, the Guyanas; Caribbean - Trinidad to Guadeloupe.

HabitatClearings and thickets at elevations from 100 - 180 metres in Peru[ 453 Title Woods of Northeastern Peru Publication Author Williams L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Field Museum Press; Chicago. Year 1936 ISBN Description Gives information on the properties of the wood of well over 1,000 species of woody plants from northeastern Peru. Can be downloaded from the Internet. ].