Inga edulis

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Family Mimosaceae

The Mimosaceae are mostly tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs comprising about 40 genera and 2,000 species. The leaves are nearly always alternate, stipulate , and bipinnately compound (rarely once-pinnate) They usually have swollen petiole bases called pulvini that commonly function in orientation of the leaves (remember the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The inflorescence is commonly a capitulum (also called a head ). The flowers are hypogynous to slightly perigynous, have radial symmetry, petals that are valvate in bud, and commonly a 5-parted calyx and corolla. The stamens are distinct to strongly monadelphous , numerous (rarely as few as 10), and are generally more showy than the perianth. The pistil is simple , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with 2-many marginal ovules in a solitary locule. The fruit is usually a legume. -- Gerald Carr

Subfamily Mimosoideae

Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly bipinnate. Corolla usually not showy, actinomorphic , sympetalous , the lobes valvate . Stamens 10-numerous, often monadelphous , showy. Pollen released in monads , tetrads , or polyads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) present. [Carr]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,653 meters (0 to 15,266 feet).[1]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 6.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Feuilleea edulis (Mart.) Kuntze • Feuilleea edulis (Mart.)kuntze • Inga benthamiana Meissner • Inga scabriuscula Benth. • Inga ynga (Vell.)j. W. Moore • Mimosa ynga Vell.

Notes

Publishing author : Mart. Publication : Flora 20(2, Beibl.): 113 1837

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Habit: Tree , Lifespan: Perennial

Last scrutiny: 1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Inga

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 58 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

I. acrocephala (Witte Bast Switbonki) · I. affinis (Inga Da Beira Do Rio) · I. cabelo (Inga Cabelo) · I. calcicola (Guatope) · I. cardozana (Guamo) · I. carinata (Guaba De Mico) · I. ciliata subcapitata (Cachig) · I. cuspidata (Guamo De Monte) · I. cyclocarpa (Bois Tanniste Rouge) · I. dasycarpa (Sakil Kok) · I. davidsei (Guama Peluda) · I. densiflora (Guava Blanca) · I. edulis (Guama) · I. edulis var. edulis (Ice-Cream-Bean) · I. exfoliata (Inga Miudo) · I. ferruginea (Albizia) · I. feuilleei (Ice-Cream Bean) · I. goldmanii (Guava Peluda) · I. hayesii (Guamo) · I. huastecana (Chalahuite Chicha) · I. ilta (Guaba Ilta) · I. ingoides (Icecream Bean) · I. interrupta (Guamo Colorado) · I. ismaelis (Guagenecuil De La Montana) · I. japurensis (Yakum Sampi) · I. jinicuil (Guava Negra) · I. laurina (Caspiro) · I. luschnathiana (Inga Cachorro) · I. manabiensis (Guaba De Mico) · I. micheliana (Cuajiniquil) · I. multijuga subsp. aestuariorum (Guaba De Montana) · I. multijuga subsp. mexicana (Ahuatope) · I. multinervis (Paa Bego) · I. nobilis (Guama Venezolano) · I. nobilis nobilis (Guamo) · I. nobilis quaternata (Guama Venezolano) · I. nobilis subsp. quaternata (Pacaecillo Del Canto Del Rio) · I. oerstediana (Cuajiniquil Peludo) · I. paterno (Guabo Caite) · I. pauciflora (Guabita De R) · I. pavoniana (Cuasilote) · I. pluricarpellata (Rosca Pacae) · I. punctata (Acotope) · I. quaternata (Guama Venezolano) · I. quaternata quaternata (Guama Venezolano) · I. saman (Vaivai Ni Vavalagi) · I. sertulifera subsp. leptopus (Shimbillo Colorado) · I. sierrae (Guabo Peludo) · I. silanchensis (Guaba Machete) · I. sinacae (Vaina Peluda) · I. spectabilis (Ice Cream Bean) · I. striolata (Pacae) · I. thibaudiana (Guavo De Playa) · I. tomentosa (Pacae) · I. uruguensis (Inga Banana) · I. vera (River Koko) · I. vera subsp. eriocarpa (Jacanicuil) · I. zygia (Red Nongo)

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Further Reading

• A year of Costa Rican natural history, by Amelia Smith Calvert. .. and Philip Powell Calvert. .. with maps and illustrations. New York, The Macmillan company, 1917. url p. 345.
• Archivos. Rio de JaneiroImprensa Nacional url p. 137, p. 268, p. 293.
• Biologia centrali-americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. London, Pub. for the editors by R. H. Porter and Dulau & co., 1879-88. url .
• Botanical abstracts. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins Co. url p. 268.
• Britton, N. L. (ed.). North American flora. [New York]New York Botanical Garden. url p. 14, p. 707.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 33.
• Bulletin / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington: G.P.O., 1901-1913. url p. 25, p. 58.
• Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 17 1890 New York: Torrey Botanical Club, 1870-1996 url p. 9.
• Contributions from the Herbarium of Columbia College. New York: Columbia College, 1886-1896. url p. 201.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 40 2000 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 152, p. 188, p. 190, p. 191, p. 193, p. 205, p. 216, p. 217, p. 218, p. 398, p. 399, p. 96, p. V, p. XI.
• Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium. 8 1942 Ann Arbor: University Herbarium, University of Michigan, 1939- url p. 30.
• Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the Canal Zone, Panama, and geologically related areas in Central America and the West Indies. / Prepared under the direction of Thomas Wayland Vaughan. Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1919. url p. 33.
• Fifty years of botany; golden jubilee volume of the Botanical Society of America, edited by William Campbell Steere. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1958. url p. 266.
• Flora Malesiana. general editor, C.G.G.J. van Steenis. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff, 1950- url p. 213.
• Flora of Costa Rica. .. by Paul C. Standley. .. 18 1937 Chicago, 1937. url p. 496.
• Flora of Guatemala: families Leguminosae, Geraniaceae, Oxalidaceae, Tropaeolaceae, Linaceae, Erythroxylaceae, Zygophyllaceae, Rutaceae, Simaroubaceae, Burseraceae, Meliaceae, and Malpighiaceae / by Paul C. Standley and Julian A. Steyermark. 24 1946 Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1946. url p. 37.
• Flora of Peru / by J. Francis Macbride. 13 1943 Chicago, [Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, [1943] url p. 22.
• Flora of the Aguan valley and the coastal regions near La Ceiba, Honduras, by T. G. Yuncker. 9 1940 [Chicago]1940. url p. 295.
• Flora of the Lancetilla Valley, Honduras, by Paul C. Standley. 10 1931 Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1931. url p. 212.
• Journal of ethnobiology. 21 2001 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 11, p. 148, p. 199, p. 205, p. 306.
• Journal of the New York Botanical Garden. 12 1911 Lancaster, Pa.: Published for the Garden by the New Era Printing Co., 1900- url p. 10.
• Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club. 3 1893 Durham, N.C.: Published for the Club by the Seeman Printery, 1889- url p. 24.
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• Seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1903-1913. url p. 39, p. 58, p. 85.
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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 21, 2007.
• Fantz PR, 1999 (from ILDIS).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 24, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
• ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
• Nielsen IC & Rico ML, 1994 (from ILDIS).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Schrire BD, 1994-10 (from ILDIS).
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 28, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 22, 2007:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
• GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
• , Vascular Plant Herbarium
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
• SysTax, 17126
• SysTax, Herbarium Universitat Ulm
• SysTax, SysTax
• The New York Botanical Garden, Species of Eastern Brazil Vascular Plant Specimens
• University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3876886
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-142
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13636322
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:500397-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 20082
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 506320
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 128478-2
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: INED
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 44062

Footnotes

1. Mean = 469.040 meters (1,538.845 feet), Standard Deviation = 822.020 based on 667 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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