Fabaceae
Inga

Inga umbellifera (Vahl) Steud. ex DC.

First published in Prodr. 2: 432 (1825)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Costa Rica to S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Pennington, T.D. (1997). The genus Inga botany: 1-488. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • da Silva e Silva, W.L., Cajueiro Gurgel, E.S., Moreira dos Santos, J.U. & Falcão da Silva, M. (2013). Inventário e distribuição geográfica de Leguminosae no arquipélago de Marajó, PA, Brazil. Hoehnea 40: 627-647.

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

  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Pennington, T.D. (1997). The genus Inga botany: 1-488. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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 (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2009 Aguilar, R. [11191], Costa Rica K000654001 No
Mar 1, 2008 Figueiredo, C. [927], Acre K000876428 Yes
Apr 20, 1998 Quesada, F. [530], Costa Rica K000654610 No
Jan 1, 1996 Lawrance, A.E. [260], Colombia K000328496 Unknown type material Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Irwin, H.S. [47796], Amapá K000876432 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Burchell, W.J. [9355], Pará K000876433 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Spruce [1706], Amazonas K000876437 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Ule, E.H.G. [9423], Acre K000876445 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Krukoff, B.A. [1789], Maranhão K000876430 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Hostmann [170], Surinam K000328348 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Ducke, A. [s.n.], Pará K000876438 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Spruce, R. [1706], Amazonas K000876436 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Sandeman, C.A.W. [5587], Colombia K001343042 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 s.coll. [2566], Amazonas K000876434 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Hill, S.R. [13043], Paraná K000876426 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Pires, M.J. [1683], Pará K000876427 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Egler, W.A. [45966], Amapá K000876431 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 s.coll. [2567] K000876441 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Ducke, A. [s.n.], Pará K000876444 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Ducke, A. [s.n.], Pará K000876435 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Spruce, R. [2566], Brazil K000876440 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Ducke, A. [s.n.], Pará K000876443 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Ducke, A. [16702], Brazil K000876439 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Krukoff, B.A. [5117], Amazonas K000876442 Yes
Pennington, T.D. [13567], Costa Rica 58688.000 No
McPherson [20881], Panama K001343651 No
Rosário, C.S. [1097], Pará K000876446 Yes
Schultes, R.E. [8997], Amazonas K000876429 Yes
Callejas [4469], Colombia K001343040 Yes
Haught [1869], Colombia K001343041 Yes
Pennington, T.D. [12540], Peru Inga myriantha 55612.000 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

  • 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