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Inga
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thumb|Inga sp. – MHNT

Species

FamilyFabaceae

General: by Polhill (1994), and Affonsea was placed as a synonym of Inga Use: , ingá cipa ), for edible fruits (the white pulp is eaten or used Common Name: inga

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
10,294
With media
2,691
Family
Fabaceae
Collections
ECOSUR, IIB-UV, UNICACH, SDNHM, UJAT, INECOL
Recorded in
Mexico, United States

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Use in agroforestry
  • Other uses
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|Inga sp. – MHNT

Inga is a genus of small tropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing trees and shrubs, subfamily Mimosoideae. Ingas leaves are pinnate, and flowers are generally white. Many of the hundreds of species are used ornamentally.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Inga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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