Fabaceae FAMILY

Inga cylindrica

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Inga cylindrica is a semideciduous tree with a small, globose crown; it can grow 8 - 18 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 25 - 45cm in diameter[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]. The tree is often harvested from the wild for its edible fruit, which is used locally. The tree also has excellent potential for use as a pioneer species for re-establishing woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana; C. America - Costa Rica.

HabitatRainforests, in both primary and secondary formations, especially near rivers[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ].