Inga tocacheana

D. R. Simpson

Tochache inga

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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department | GDI 2013-2015

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit - aril, Pod pulp

Both the pod pulp and the fleshy aril (seed coating) are eaten.

It is a tropical plant.

Amazon, Ecuador, Peru, South America,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A tropical legume tree (Fabaceae) bearing long pods. It grows readily from fresh seeds, which germinate in 1-2 weeks under moisture and shade.

Plants grow easily from fresh seeds. Seeds germinate in 1-2 weeks given moisture and shade.

Names & Synonyms

Bikatawe, Migsambi, Nuto cachi, Nutu kachi

References (3)

Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 327
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 447
Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 348