Inga edulisMart.

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WFO wfo-0000175962 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Inga edulis, photographed by Maria Janeiro
fig. a Maria Janeiro, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-17 / obs. 198371119
Inga edulis, photographed by Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros
fig. b Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0 1.0 / obs. 146960457
Inga edulis, photographed by Gerry van Tonder
fig. c Gerry van Tonder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50581422
Inga edulis, photographed by Helio Lourencini
fig. d Helio Lourencini, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 98892598
Inga edulis, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. e Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49879392
Inga edulis, photographed by w_endo
fig. f w_endo, CC0 1.0 / obs. 204815028
Inga edulis, photographed by Skjold Søndergaard
fig. g Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168696620
Inga edulis, photographed by Nick Swanson
fig. h Nick Swanson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 124427182

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Native range 15 botanical countries

Regions where Inga edulis is native: Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela Argentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaEcuadorFrench GuianaGuyanaPeruSurinameVenezuela Galápagos
Native distribution of Inga edulis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northwest AGW SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Galápagos GAL
Guyana GUY
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
Venezuela VEN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 16 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Feuilleea conferta (Benth.) Kuntze
  • Feuilleea edulis (Mart.) Kuntze
  • Feuilleea scabriuscula (Benth.) Kuntze
  • Inga benthamiana Meisn.
  • Inga benthamiana Meissner
  • Inga complanata Amshoff
  • Inga conferta Benth.
  • Inga edulis f. typica Porto
  • Inga edulis var. edulis
  • Inga edulis var. parviflora Benth.
  • Inga scabriuscula Benth.
  • Inga scabriuscula var. villosior Benth.
  • Inga uncinata Spruce ex Benth.
  • Inga vera Kunth
  • Inga ynga J.W.Moore
  • Mimosa ynga Vell.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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