Inga coruscans
Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
FabaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit - aril, Pod pulp
The pulp inside the pod and the fruit aril are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Amazon, Andes, Bolivia, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Panama, Peru, South America, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A tropical tree in the Fabaceae family that produces long seed pods. It grows easily from seeds, which germinate in 1-2 weeks with moisture and shade.
How to Grow
Plants grow easily from seeds. Seeds germinate in 1-2 weeks given moisture and shade.
Notes
Also as Mimosaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Churimo, Ebenban, Inga-da-varzea, Inga-de-varzea, Mimontan, Shimbillo
Feuilleea coruscans (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) KuntzeInga caldasiana Britton & KillipInga klugii Standl. ex J. F. Macbr.Mimosa coruscans (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Poir.
References (7)
- Galeano, G., 2000, Forest Use at the Pacific Coast of Choco, Colombia: A Quantitative Approach. Economic Botany, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 358-376 (Could be pig food!)
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 320
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 438
- Kew Plants of the World On line
- Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 38
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
- Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 343
