Fabaceae
Inga

Inga oerstediana Benth.

First published in B.Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald: 117 (1853)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Trinidad-Tobago and Bolivia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

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

Introduced into:

Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • 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.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Monro, A.K., González, F., Santamaría, D., Chacón, O., Rodríguez, A., Solano, D. Zamora, N. & Correa, M. (2011). A first checklist to the vascular plants of La Amistad International Park (PILA), Costa Rica-Panama. Phytotaxa 322: 1-283.
  • 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.
  • Pérez-Farrera, M.Á., Martínez-Camilo, R., Martínez-Meléndez, N., Farrera-Sarmiento, O. & Maza-Villalobos, S. (2012). Listado florístico del Cerro Quetzal (Polígono III) de la reserva de la biosfera El Triunfo, Chiapas, México. Botanical Sciences 90: 113-142.
  • 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.

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

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • GRIN National Genetic Resources Program http://www.ars-grin.gov in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

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.
  • 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.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • 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.
  • Pérez-Farrera, M.Á., Martínez-Camilo, R., Martínez-Meléndez, N., Farrera-Sarmiento, O. & Maza-Villalobos, S. (2012). Listado florístico del Cerro Quetzal (Polígono III) de la reserva de la biosfera El Triunfo, Chiapas, México. Botanical Sciences 90: 113-142.
  • 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
  • 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
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • García Castro, N. J. (2011). Plantas nativas empleadas en alimentación en Colombia. Instituo de Investigaciones Biológicas Alexander von Humboldt. http://repository.humboldt.org.co/handle/20.500.11761/31275
  • 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). Germán Torres-Morales (Originador, Editor), Laura Nova (Originador), Jhon Estupián (Editor), Lina García (Contacto del recurso). Lista de especies de plantas y murciélagos de la cuenca del río Claro, Antioquia. 2746 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_rioclaro_faunaflora_201
  • 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

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Stevens, W. D., et al. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua, 85(2)... Missouri Bot. Gard. Press
  • Zamora, N. V. (1991). Brenesia 36:63-149. Tratamiento ... Mimosaceae de Costa Rica

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2017 Betancur, J.; Pedraza, P.; Gonzalez, M.F.; Arevalo, R.; Sanin, D.; Zuluaga, E.; Serna, J [15609] Colombia K001343142 Yes
Jun 29, 2011 Amith, J.; Mendoza, P. [1374] Mexico K000724749 Yes
Nov 5, 2010 Estrada, A.; Chacón, R.; Rojas, A.; Quesada, A. [4742] Costa Rica K001905104 Yes
Sep 1, 2009 Amith, J.; Santiago, R. [1106] Mexico K000661621 Yes
Sep 1, 2009 Amith, J.; Santiago, R. [1106] Mexico K000661620 Yes
Oct 10, 2007 Morales, J.F. [8675] Costa Rica K000654636 Yes
Jun 29, 2006 González, F.; Rodríguez, A.; Santamaría, D. [541] Costa Rica K000654633 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Heath, M.; Long, A. [MA 570] Mexico K000564166 Yes
Jan 26, 2003 Kriebel, R.; Larraguivel, J. [2401] Costa Rica K000654634 Yes
Jul 18, 2000 Quesada, F. [535] Costa Rica K000654635 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Pennington, R.T.; Plana, V.; Cogollo, A. [702] Colombia K001343215 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Triana, J. [4467] Colombia K001343163 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Hinton, G.B. [10746] Mexico K000118201 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Killip, E.P.; Smith, A.C. [19088] Colombia K000328572 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Killip, E.P.; Smith, A.C. [19777] Colombia K000328571 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Chazaro B., M. [516] Mexico K000564093 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Smith, H.H. [27] Colombia K001343164 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Valdivia Q., P.E. [1413] Mexico K000564099 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Atkinson, R.; MACQUEEN, D.J. [7] Mexico K000564094 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Killip, E.P.; Smith, A.C. [20524] Colombia K000328570 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Pérez Farrera, M.A. [2690] Mexico K000564096 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Triana, J. [3727] Colombia K001343162 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Pennington, T.D.; Sarukhan K., J. [9313] Mexico K000564098 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Moritz, J.W.K. [1655] Colombia K001343165 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Soto Núñez, J.C.; Martínez, E.M.; Ramamoorthy, T.P. [5226] Mexico K000564090 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 MACQUEEN, D.J. [340] Mexico K000564095 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Triana, J. [492] Colombia K001343161 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Callejas, R.; Betancur, J.; Marulanda, O.; Thomas, W.; Fonnegra, R.; Daly. D. [4879] Colombia K001343159 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Haught, O. [4268] Colombia K001343160 Yes
Jan 1, 1953 Hinton, G.B. [10746] Mexico K000118204 Yes
Jan 1, 1953 Hinton, G.B. [10746] Mexico K000118202 Yes
Jan 1, 1953 Hinton, G.B. [10746] Mexico K000118203 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Freire, E.; Foster, C. [14761] Ecuador K003116533 No
Pennington, T.D.; Freire, E. [13832] Ecuador K003116534 No
Pennington, T.D.; et al. [13556] Costa Rica K:SPC-58702.000 No
Dik, A. [487] Ecuador K003116524 No
Pennington, T.D.; Zamora, N. [13381] Costa Rica K:SPC-57462.000 No
Aulestia, M.; Andi, J. [575] Ecuador K003116521 No
Martínez S., E.M.; Soto, J.C. [3947] Mexico K000564190 Yes
Martínez S., E.M.; Soto, J.C. [3947] Mexico K000564091 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Freire, E.; Foster, C. [14766] Ecuador K003116529 No
Pennington, T.D.; Zamora, N. [13362] Costa Rica K:SPC-29047.728 No
Pennington, T.D.; Freire, E.; Foster, C. [14776] Ecuador K003116519 No
Cerón, C.E.; Iguago, C.; Saldumbide, E. [8299] Ecuador K003116538 No
Pennington, T.D.; Vargas, W. [13695] Ecuador K003116536 No
Hernández, C.; Naránjo, J.; Ventúra, H.; Merchán, N. [188] Ecuador K003116527 No
Pennington, T.D.; Freire, E. [13832] Ecuador K003116541 No
Josse, C.; Valencia, S. [781] Ecuador K003116537 No
Aulestia, M.; Aulestia, C.; Andi, J. [477] Ecuador K003116522 No
Cazalet, P.C.D.; Pennington, T.D. [5062] Ecuador K003116544 No
Lawrence, A.; Zuniga, R.; Ferrofino, N. [273] Honduras K:SPC-59158.000 No
Pennington, T.D.; Pennington, R.T.; Veloz, L. [15035] Ecuador K003116520 No
Pennington, T.D.; House, P. [13401] Honduras K:SPC-57487.000 No
Pennington, T.D.; Freire, E. [13830] Ecuador K003116535 No
Pennington, T.D.; Vargas, W. [13692] Ecuador K:SPC-59231.000 No
Pennington, T.D.; Freire, E. [13826] Ecuador K003116525 No
Aulestia, M.; Andi, J.; Ima, N. [1202] Ecuador K003116531 No
Silverstone-Sopkin, P.A.; Paz, N.; Cabrera, H.M. [5882] Colombia K001343145 Yes
von Türckheim, H. [1214] Guatemala K000082022 Type Yes
Little, E.L. [6595] Ecuador K003116532 No
Pennington, T.D.; Tirado, M. [13889] Ecuador K003116543 No
Cerón, C.E.; Iguago, C.; Saldumbide, E. [8299] Ecuador K003116539 No
Pennington, T.D.; et al. [13601] Costa Rica K:SPC-58691.000 No
Zak, V.; Jaramillo, J. [3763] Ecuador K003116515 No
Pennington, T.D.; Freire, E. [13824] Ecuador K003116530 No
Moritz, J.W.K. [1635] Colombia K001343146 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Freire, E. [13753] Ecuador K003116526 No
Zuniga, R. [1574] Honduras K:SPC-63310.000 No
Pennington, T.D.; Freire, E.; Foster, C. [14781] Ecuador K003116518 No
Dik, A. [255] Ecuador K003116523 No
Pennington, T.D. [13792] Ecuador K003116542 No
Calzada, J.I.; Avendaño, S.; Ortega, R. [JIC-3703] Mexico K000564167 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; et al. [13586] Costa Rica K:SPC-58679.000 No
Gentry, A.; Miller, J. [55000] Ecuador K003116517 No
Owen, P.E. [14] Costa Rica K:SPC-58804.000 No
Pennington, T.D.; Vargas, W. [13703] Ecuador K003116516 No
Josse, C. [672] Ecuador K003116540 No
Pennington, T.D.; Vargas, W. [13691] Ecuador K003116528 No
Ramos, J.E.; Ramos, J.J. [3447] Colombia K001343141 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Zamora, N. [13340] Costa Rica K:SPC-57480.000 No

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