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Taxon:  Inga macrophylla Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.



Summary
Genus:
Inga
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
Tribe:
Ingeae
Nomen number:
417104
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 4(2):1015. 1806
Verified:
07/31/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
  2. IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
  3. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75. 1999
  4. Moreira, F. M. de Souza et al. 1992. Occurrence of nodulation in legume species in the Amazon region of Brazil. New Phytol. 121:563-570.
  5. Pennington, T. D. The genus Inga, botany. 1997 768.
  6. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAmapa 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAmazonas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMaranhao 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilPara 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilRondonia 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaAmazonas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaAntioquia 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaChoco 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaNarino 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorEsmeraldas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorImbabura 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorMorona-Santiago 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorPastaza 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorPichincha 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorZamora-Chinchipe 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruCuzco 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruLoreto 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruMadre de Dios 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruPasco 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruSan Martin 
Native
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Amapa, Amazonas, Maranhao, Para, Rondonia]
  • CARIBBEAN: Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad]
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela [Amazonas]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia [Antioquia, Choco, Narino], Ecuador [Esmeraldas, Imbabura, Morona-Santiago, Pastaza, Pichincha, Zamora-Chinchipe], Peru [Cuzco, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco, San Martin]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruit Pennington, T. D. The genus Inga, botany. 1997 768.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=417104. Accessed 9 May 2026.

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