Inga edulis

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Inga edulis in some sources is actually Pacay (I. feuilleei); see below.
Ice-cream-bean
Pod and seeds
Pod and seeds
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
(unranked) Eurosids I
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Mimosoideae
Tribe: Ingeae
Genus: Inga
Species: I. edulis
Binomial name
Inga edulis
Mart.
Synonyms

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Inga edulis (Ice-cream-bean) is a fruit native to South America. It is widely grown, especially by indigenous Amazonians, for shade, food, timber, medicine, and production of the alcoholic beverage cachiri. It is popular in Peru and Colombia.[1]

[edit] Synonyms

This plant has a convoluted history of synonymy with Inga vera. The plants discussed under that name by Brenan and Kunth are actually I. edulis, whereas that based on the writings of Carl Ludwig Willdenow refers to the actual I. vera. Inga edulis in works referring back to authorities other than von Martius usually refers to Inga feuilleei.[2]

Synonyms of Inga edulis Mart.:

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Duke (1983)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g ILDIS (2005)
  3. ^ USDA (2007)

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