Inga affinis DC.

First published in Prodr. 2: 433 (1825)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Angola

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Paña-Chocarro, M.C., Espada-Mateos, C., Vera, M., Céspedes, G. & Knapp, S. (2010). Updated checklist of vascular plants of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú), Paraguay. Phytotaxa 12: 1-224.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela. [Cited as Inga pilosula.]

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

  • Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • 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. (2019). Flora of Ecuador 96: 1-221. Gothenburg University.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • 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.
  • 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
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Pennington, T. D. (1997). The Genus Inga: Botany. RBG Kew.
  • Stevens, W. D., et al. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua, 85(2)... Missouri Bot. Gard. Press

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Pennington, T.D. [12493], Peru 54439.000 No
Spironelo, W.R. [A51-2], Brazil 59164.000 No
Spironelo, W.R. [A51-1], Brazil 59170.000 No
Spironelo, W.R. [A51-5], Brazil 59187.000 No
Jan 1, 1999 Ramos, J. [6715], Brazil Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877109 Yes
Jun 1, 1998 Fernandes, A. [s.n.], Ceará Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092044 No
Jun 1, 1998 Bezerra-Loiola, M.I. [256], Ceará Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092045 No
Jan 1, 1998 Belém, R.P. [714], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092033 No
Jan 1, 1998 Belém, R.P. [714], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092032 No
Jan 1, 1996 Gardner, G. [985], Pernambuco Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092025 isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Luetzelburg, Ph.von [25851], Ceará Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092027 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Jardim, J.G. [86], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092040 No
Jan 1, 1996 Carvalho, A.M. [4114], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092042 No
Jan 1, 1996 Tschá, M. [43], Pernambuco Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092043 No
Jan 1, 1996 Garcia, F.C.P. [717], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092047 No
Jan 1, 1996 Hatschbach, G. [47015], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092048 No
Jan 1, 1996 Garcia, F.C.P. [730], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092050 No
Jan 1, 1996 Garcia, F.C.P. [732], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092051 No
Jan 1, 1996 Garcia, F.C.P. [732], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092052 No
Jan 1, 1996 Pedra do Cavalo, G. [863], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092056 No
Jan 1, 1996 Riedel, L. [2914], Paraíba Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092057 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Focke [s.n.], Surinam Inga vera subsp. affinis K000328459 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Tweedie [s.n.], Uruguay Inga vera subsp. affinis K000328587 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Burchell [5835] Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877091 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 s.coll. [1452], Brazil Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877093 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 s.coll. [1450], Brazil Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877096 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Sanderman, C. [2088], Mato Grosso Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877105 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Reineck [95], Rio Grande do Sul Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877108 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Prance, G.T. [58828], Pará Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877104 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Luetzelburg, Ph.von [25851], Ceará Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092028 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Ule, E. [7727], Amazonas Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877103 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Sellow [124], Brazil Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877086 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 s.coll. [1452], Minas Gerais Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877118 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Burchell [4244], São Paulo Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877107 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Lewis, G.P. [1891], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092031 No
Jan 1, 1996 Hooker [69] Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877087 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Luetzelburg, Ph.von [25851], Ceará Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092029 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 s.coll. [1435], Brazil Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877088 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Glaziou [14642], Brazil Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877094 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 s.coll. [1435] Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877193 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Hage, J.L. [1880], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092041 No
Jan 1, 1996 Gardner, G. [985], Pernambuco Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092024 holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Castellanos, A. [24854], Santa Catarina Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877106 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 s.coll. [1435], Brazil Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877083 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Spruce, R. [1556], Brazil Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877099 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Prance, G.T. [5281], Rondônia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877115 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Sellow [s.n.], Brazil Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877085 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Krukoff, B.A. [7244], Amazonas Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877113 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 s.coll. [1431], Brazil Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877084 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Jwurdaok, J.J. [42787], Colombia Inga vera subsp. affinis K001343167 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Burchell [7632], Goiás Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877112 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Killip, E.P. [37381], Venezuela Inga vera subsp. affinis K000328562 Unknown type material Yes
Jan 1, 1996 s.coll. [s.n.], Uruguay Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877092 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Queiroz, L.P. [1168], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092055 No
Jan 1, 1996 Luetzelburg, Ph.von [25851], Ceará Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092026 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Schlim, L. [514], Colombia Inga vera subsp. affinis K001343166 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Lewis, G.P. [1891], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092030 No
Jan 1, 1996 Garcia, F.C.P. [730], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092053 No
Jan 1, 1996 Shultes, R.E. [8457], Colombia Inga vera subsp. affinis K001343168 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Burchell [2535], Rio de Janeiro Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877101 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Garcia, F.C.P. [716], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092046 No
Jan 1, 1996 Burchell [2711], Rio de Janeiro Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877117 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Burchell [2337], Rio de Janeiro Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877100 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 s.coll. [1431], Brazil Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877089 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Queiroz, L.P. [2134], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092054 No
Jan 1, 1996 Gardner [201], Rio de Janeiro Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877090 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Swainson [s.n.], Brazil Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877095 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Carvalho, A.M. [4114], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092039 No
Jan 1, 1996 Prance, G.T. [5281], Rondônia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877114 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Lindeman, J.C. [3318a], Paraná Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877111 Yes
Garcia, F.C.P. [730], Brazil Inga vera subsp. affinis 59946.000 No
Garcia, F.C.P. [716], Brazil Inga vera subsp. affinis 62917.000 No
Garcia, F.C.P. [717], Brazil Inga vera subsp. affinis 62962.000 No
Garcia [709], Brazil Inga vera subsp. affinis 62969.000 No
Garcia, F.C.P. [695], Brazil Inga vera subsp. affinis 62970.000 No
Garcia, F.C.P. [732], Brazil Inga vera subsp. affinis 62989.000 No
Ferrucci, M.S. [1017], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092035 No
Ferrucci, M.S. [1017], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092036 No
Hatschbach, G. [44159], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092049 No
Focke [s.n.], Surinam Inga vera subsp. affinis K000328460 Yes
Tweedie [82], Buenos Aires Inga vera subsp. affinis K000328588 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.], Uruguay Inga vera subsp. affinis K000328589 Yes
Ferrucci, M.S. [1017], Bahia Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092038 No
Arbo, M.M. [7862], Pernambuco Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092034 No
Spruce [1554], Amazonas Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877097 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [65275], Espírito Santo Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877116 Yes
Glaziou [9774], Rio de Janeiro Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877102 Yes
Arbo, M.M. [7862], Pernambuco Inga vera subsp. affinis K000092037 No
Lindeman, J.C. [3318], Paraná Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877110 Yes
s.coll. [1554], Amazonas Inga vera subsp. affinis K000877098 Yes

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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    • 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
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    • Copyright applied to individual images
  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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