Inga huberi

Ducke

Black whitey, Broad leaf whitey

Fabaceae
Inga huberi
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The New York Botanical Garden
Inga huberi
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

What to Eat

Edible parts: Pod pulp

The white pulp surrounding the seeds in the pods is eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows in secondary and mixed forest.

Guyana, South America,

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

How to Identify

A tree. It grows 20 m tall. It has irregular buttresses. The leaves are compound with 2 pairs of leaflets. The flowers are white and in clusters of 3 in the axils of leaves. The pods are 20 cm long by 4 cm wide. The pulp around the seeds is white.

Names & Synonyms

Doho, Warakosa

References (1)
  • van Andel, T., 2000, Useful plants of Guyana. Non-Timber Forest Products of the North-West District of Guyana Part 2. p 373

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