Inga (genus of plants)

Inga
	Inga edulis
Systematics
	Rosids
	Eurosiden I
Order :	Fabales (Fabales)
Family :	Legumes (Fabaceae)
Subfamily :	Mimosa family (Mimosoideae)
Genre :	Inga
Scientific name
	Inga
	Mill.

Inga is a genus in the subfamily of Mimosa Family (Mimosoideae) within the family of legumes (Fabaceae). The approximately 350 species thrive in the tropics and subtropics.

description

Illustration by Inga fastuosa from Fragmenta botanica, figuris coloratis illustrata , plate 10

Illustration by Inga edulis

Fruit (called “Guaba” in Ecuador) from Inga brachyptera

Vegetative characteristics

The species of this genus are small to large trees . Their leaves are pinnate in pairs and consist of two to numerous leaflets. Between each pair of leaflets are clearly visible glands along the rachis . The stipules are either small and decrepit or significantly larger and permanent.

Generative characteristics

The flowers have numerous long stamens . The fruits are flat, square or almost cylindrical to cylindrical, straight to curved or spirally twisted legumes , the surface of which is leathery to almost lignified. The seeds are embedded in white pulp.

Species and their distribution (selection)

Inga feuilleei

Inga laurina

Inga marginata

Inga pilosula

Inga rubiginosa

Inga sertulifera

Inga thibaudiana

Inga vera

Inga species thrive almost all over the world in the tropics or subtropics . They are common in Central and South America , with 66 species in Costa Rica alone.

There are around 350 species of Inga , including:

Inga acreana Harms : It occurs in South America and in Cuba .
Inga acrocephala Steud.
Inga acuminata Benth. : It occurs in South America, in Central America and on the Caribbean islands.
Inga alba (Sw.) Willd.
Inga allenii J. Léon
Inga aptera (Vinha) TD Penn. : It occurs in the Brazilian state of Bahia .
Inga bella M. Sousa
Inga blanchetiana Benth. : It occurs in the Brazilian state of Bahia.
Inga bourgoni (Aubl.) DC. : It occurs in South America.
Inga brachyptea Benth. : Also called Pacae / Pacay . It occurs at the foot of the Andes in South America.
Inga cayennensis Sagot ex Benth. : It occurs in South America.
Inga chocoensis Killip ex TS Elias : It occurs in Central America, Colombia and Ecuador .
Inga cinnamomea Spruce ex Benth. : It occurs in South America.
Inga congesta T.D. Penn. : It occurs in Brazil.
Inga cordistipula Mart. : It occurs in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro .
Inga cylindrica (Vell.) Mart.
Inga densiflora Benth.
Inga disticha Benth. : It occurs in South America.
Inga edulis Mart.
Inga fanchoniana Poncy : It occurs in the Brazilian state of Amapá and in French Guiana .
Inga fastuosa (Jacq.) Willd. : It occurs on the Caribbean islands and in northern and western South America.
Inga feuilleei DC. : It occurs in South America.
Inga goldmanii Pittier
Inga golfodulcensis N. Zamora
Inga graciliflora Benth. : It occurs in Peru , Brazil and northern South America.
Inga hayesii Benth. : It occurs in Panama , Colombia and Ecuador.
Inga heterophylla Willd. : It occurs on the Caribbean islands, in Panama and in South America.
Inga hispida Schott ex Benth. : It occurs in Brazil.
Inga huberi Ducke : It occurs in Brazil and northern South America.
Inga ingoides (Rich.) Willd. : It occurs in South America and on the Caribbean islands.
Inga Inicuil Schltdl. & Cham. ex G. Don : It occurs in Mexico , Central America and Ecuador.
Inga insignis Kunth : It occurs in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Inga jimenezii N. Zamora
Inga lateriflora Miq. : It occurs in South America.
Inga laurina (Sw.) Willd. : It is widespread from Mexico to Central America and on the Caribbean islands and in South America to Argentina.
Inga leiocalycina Benth. : It occurs from Mexico to northern and western South America.
Inga lentiscifolia Benth. : It occurs in Brazil.
Inga litoralis N. Zamora
Inga lomatophylla (Benth.) Pittier : It occurs in Colombia, Venezuela , French Guiana and Brazil.
Inga longiflora Spruce ex Benth. : It occurs in Brazil and in French Guiana.
Inga marginata Willd.
Inga maritima Benth. : It occurs in Brazil.
Inga micheliana Harms : It occurs in Mexico, El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras , Costa Rica and Panama.
Inga mortoniana J. Léon : It only occurs in Costa Rica.
Inga multijuga Benth.
Inga nobilis Willd. : It occurs in two subspecies from Mexico to Peru and Brazil.
Inga nouragensis Poncy : It occurs only in French Guiana.
Inga oerstediana Benth.
Inga ornata Kunth : It occurs in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Inga panurensis Spruce ex Benth. : It occurs in Brazil.
Inga paraensis Ducke : It occurs in northern South America and Brazil.
Inga pezizifera Benth.
Inga pilosula (Rich.) JF Macbr. : It occurs on the Caribbean islands and in South America.
Inga polita Killip
Inga pruriens Poepp. : It occurs in Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.
Inga punctata Willd.
Inga rubiginosa (Rich.) DC. : It occurs from Panama to Brazil.
Inga ruiziana G. Don : It occurs in Nicaragua , Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.
Inga sapindoides Willd.
Inga sertulifera DC. : It occurs in two subspecies in South America.
Inga sessilis (Vell.) Mart. : It occurs in Brazil.
Inga skutchii Standl.
Inga spectabilis (Vahl) Willd.
Inga splendens Willd. : It occurs in South America.
Inga stipularis DC. : It occurs in Brazil and in northern South America.
Inga striata Benth. : It occurs in South America.
Inga subnuda Salzm. ex Benth. : It occurs in two subspecies in Brazil.
Inga thibaudiana DC.
Inga tonduzii Thursday. Sm . : It occurs in Nicaragua and Costa Rica .
Inga umbellifera (Vahl) Steud. ex DC.
Inga Velutina Willd. : It occurs in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.
Inga venusta Standl.
Inga vera Willd. : There are several subspecies found in Mexico, Central America, Caribbean Islands, and South America.
Inga vulpina Mart. ex Benth. : It occurs in Brazil.

Wood of an Inga kind

use

Some types of Inga are used (see Art article).

proof

↑ ^a ^b ^c Anton Weber, Werner Huber, Anton Weissenhofer, Nelson Zamora, Georg Zimmermann: An Introductory Field Guide To The Flowering Plants Of The Golfo Dulce Rain Forests Costa Rica. In: Stapfia. Volume 78, Linz 2001, p. 282, ISSN 0252-192X / ISBN 3-85474-072-7 , PDF on ZOBODAT
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Web links

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[Stapf2001-1] Anton Weber, Werner Huber, Anton Weissenhofer, Nelson Zamora, Georg Zimmermann: An Introductory Field Guide To The Flowering Plants Of The Golfo Dulce Rain Forests Costa Rica. In: Stapfia. Volume 78, Linz 2001, p. 282, ISSN 0252-192X / ISBN 3-85474-072-7 , PDF on ZOBODAT

[GRIN-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax Inga in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved March 24, 2017.