Inga santaremnensis
Ducke
FabaceaeFruit
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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department | GDI 2013-2015
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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The pulp of the fruit pods is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Amazon, South America,
How to Identify
A tropical tree in the Fabaceae family with long pod fruits. It grows readily from fresh seeds, which germinate within 1-2 weeks in moist, shaded conditions.
How to Grow
Plants grow easily from fresh seeds. Seeds germinate in 1-2 weeks given moisture and shade.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Inga santaremnensis is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Brazil.
References (1)
- 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 445
