Inga feuilleei
Fabaceae FAMILY

Inga feuilleei

Inga feuilleei

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pacay is a large tree with a spreading crown that can grow 18 metres or more tall[ 377 Title Trade Winds Fruit Publication Author Website http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/index.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The on-line catalogue of a company selling seeds. Gives descriptions, photos and uses of a very wide range of fruit and other food-producing plants plus ornamentals. ]. The fruit is widely appreciated in S. America, where the plant has been cultivated as a food crop and street tree since the time of the Incas - it is still grown for these purposes today[ 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. ]. It is the only member of the genus that is cultivated for its seedpods outside the natural range of the genus[ 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 plant is unknown as a wild tree[ 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 RangeWestern S. America - Colombia to northern Chile.
HabitatNot known in a truly wild location