Fabaceae
Inga

Inga sapindoides Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 4: 1012 (1806)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Trinidad and Bolivia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Puerto Rico

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • D'Arcy, W.G. (1987). Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index.. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 17: 1-328. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pennington, T.D. (1997). The genus Inga botany: 1-488. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Soto, J., Pacheco, D., Zambrano, O. & Ortega, J. (2012). Revisión floriística del género Inga Miller (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae) en el eastado Zulia, Venezuela. Acta botanica Venezuelica 35: 27-52.
  • Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

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

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pennington, T.D. (1997). The genus Inga botany: 1-488. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

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
  • Castañeda, R.R. (1991). Frutas silvestres de Colombia. Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2015). Listado de especies de Productos No Maderables del caribe colombiano. 366 registros, aportados por: Garcia, H. (Contacto del Recurso), López Camacho, R. (Creador del recurso), Espitia Palencia, L. (Proveedor del metadatos). Versión 2.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_bst-caribe_plantae_2015

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Lock, J. M. (1985). Specimen in Herb. Kew

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 29, 2011 Amith, J. [1529], Mexico K000724751 No
Jan 1, 2008 Sousa S., M. [3093], Mexico K000564170 No
Jan 1, 2008 Ventura, E. [2937], Mexico K000564169 No
Jan 1, 2008 Ramamoorthy, T.P. [3295], Mexico K000564171 No
Jan 1, 2008 Calzada, J.I. [01713], Mexico K000564172 No
Jan 1, 2008 Fonnegra, F.G. [8888], Colombia K001343131 No
Jan 1, 2008 Aguilar M., G. [1244], Mexico K000564168 No
Feb 20, 1998 Quesada, F. [509], Costa Rica K000654637 No
Jan 1, 1996 Ule, E. [9419], Peru K000328582 isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Hughes, C.E. [1888], Mexico K000564102 No
Jan 1, 1996 Martínez S., E.M. [25404], Mexico K000564103 No
Jan 1, 1996 Spruce, R. [4503], Peru K000201058 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Schlim, L. [250], Colombia K001343124 No
Jan 1, 1996 [Seemann] [407], Panama K000328578 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Vazquez, M. [1305], Mexico K000564101 No
Jan 1, 1996 Spruce, R. [4503], Peru K000201059 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Smith, H.H [928], Colombia K001343118 No
Jan 1, 1996 Eggers, H. [15075], Ecuador K000328581 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Sousa S., M. [12516], Mexico K000564120 No
Jan 1, 1996 Ramos, J.E. [1018], Colombia K001343121 No
Jan 1, 1996 Sousa S., M. [11880], Mexico K000564119 No
Jan 1, 1996 Silverstone-Sopkins, P.A. [5858], Colombia K001343120 No
Jan 1, 1996 Sousa S., M. [11880], Mexico K000564140 No
Jan 1, 1996 León, H. [1423], Colombia K001343119 No
Jan 1, 1996 Martínez S., E.M. [11382], Mexico K000564118 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cedillo Trigos, R. [3714], Mexico K000564104 No
Jan 1, 1996 Kalbreyer, W. [273], Colombia K001343123 No
Jan 1, 1996 Ramos, J.E. [4318], Colombia K001343122 No
Jan 1, 1996 Silverston-Sopkins, P.A. [5887], Colombia K001343117 No
Pennington, T.D. [13352], Costa Rica 29047.732 No
Owen, P.E. [25], Costa Rica 29047.768 No
Pennington, T.D. [13755], Ecuador 29047.806 No
Pennington, T.D. [13400], Honduras 57478.000 No
Owen, P.E. [16], Costa Rica 57638.000 No
Pennington, T.D. [13598], Costa Rica 58697.000 No
Pennington, T.D. [13788], Ecuador 58815.000 No
Tonduz [8391], Costa Rica K000082016 isotype No
Heyde [6095], Guatemala K000082020 isotype Yes
Linden, J. [726], Mexico K000082019 isotype Yes
Spruce, R. [4503], Peru K000201060 Yes
Campos V., A. [6084], Mexico K000564100 No
Davidse [36020], Belize K001343621 No
Sandoval [287], El Salvador K001343616 No
Milican? [7709], Trinidad & Tobago K001343614 No
Calderon, S. [1828], El Salvador K000082018 isotype No
Meier [16761], Venezuela K001343620 No
Pennington [14745], Ecuador K001343613 No
Vásquez [35751], Peru K001343610 No
Thomas Kursar [1264], Panama K001343612 No
Amith [1529], Mexico K001343622 No
Aguilar [3765], Costa Rica K001343617 No
Hughes CE [1687], Guatemala K001343619 No
Englesing [159], Nicaragua K001343615 No
Pennington [13991], Honduras K001343661 No
Lawrence [229], Honduras K001343618 No
Pennington [13420], Guatemala K001343662 No
Seemann [[403]], Panama K000328579 Yes
Purpus [6811], Mexico K000082017 isotype No
Pennington [13493], Bolivia K001343611 No
Jan 1, 1992 Torres C., R. [9441], Mexico Inga pavoniana K000564310 No
Jan 1, 1992 Martínez S., E. [13605], Mexico Inga pavoniana K000564305 No
Jan 1, 1992 Dorantes, B. [3759], Mexico Inga pavoniana K000564311 No

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Legumes of the World Online

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0