Family:
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus:
Inga Mill.

Inga feuillei DC.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Ecuador. It is used for food.

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–2700 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Putumayo, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Tree.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland.

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa y cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 2700 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Pacífico.
Morphology General Habit
Árbol
Conservation
No Evaluada

[ILDIS]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
Vernacular
Ice-cream Bean, Pacay, Pacayer

[UNAL]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
guabo

[UPFC]
Use Food
Used for food.

[ILDIS]
Use
Food and Drink

Native to:

Ecuador

Introduced into:

Bolivia, Chile North, Colombia, Hawaii, Marquesas, Peru, Society Is.

Inga feuillei DC. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1996 Cuming, H. [980], Peru K000328577 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Cuming, H. [980], Peru K000328576 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Bristol, M.L. [1254], Colombia K001343116 No
Jan 17, 1995 Bristol, M.L. [1254], Colombia K001343116 Yes
Pennington, T.D. [13868], Ecuador 29047.879 No
Ecuador K001473406 Yes
Ecuador K001473407 Yes
Ecuador K001473408 Yes
Ecuador K001473409 Yes
Ecuador K001473410 Yes
Ecuador K001473411 Yes
Venezuela K001473412 Yes
Peru K001473414 Yes
Peru K001473415 Yes
Peru K001473416 Yes
Ecuador K001473417 Yes
Ecuador K001473418 Yes
Ecuador K001473419 Yes
Ecuador K001473420 Yes
Ecuador K001473421 Yes
Ecuador K001473422 Yes
Peru K001473423 Yes
Peru K001473424 Yes
Peru K001473425 Yes
Peru K001473426 Yes
Peru K001473427 Yes
Peru K001473428 Yes
Bolivia K001473429 Yes
Bolivia K001473430 Yes
Bolivia K001473431 Yes
Bolivia K001473432 Yes
Bolivia K001473433 Yes
Bolivia K001473434 Yes
Peru K001473435 Yes
Peru K001473436 Yes
Peru K001473437 Yes
Peru K001473438 Yes
Peru K001473439 Yes
Peru K001473440 Yes
Peru K001473441 Yes
Bolivia K001473413 No

First published in Prodr. 2: 433 (1825)

Accepted by

  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) (2012). Records of the Hawaii biological survey for 2011. Part II: plants Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 1-102.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Lorence, D.H. & Wagnwe, W.L. (2020). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 2: 413-1135. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.
  • Pennington, T.D. (1997). The genus Inga botany: 1-488. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Literature

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) (2012). Records of the Hawaii biological survey for 2011. Part II: plants Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 1-102.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Lorence, D.H. & Wagnwe, W.L. (2020). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 2: 413-1135. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.
  • Pennington, T.D. (1997). The genus Inga botany: 1-488. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Welsh, S. L. (1998). Flora Societensis

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    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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