Inga marginataWilld.

WFO wfo-0000183521 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 6 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 6 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Inga marginata, photographed by Lena Struwe
fig. a Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2016-07-01 / obs. 4231950
Inga marginata, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. b Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 174065439
Inga marginata, photographed by Oscar Marín
fig. c Oscar Marín, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 29238131
Inga marginata, photographed by Lena Struwe
fig. d Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 4231951
Inga marginata, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. e Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 174065316
Inga marginata, photographed by Lucas Kaminski
fig. f Lucas Kaminski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 142090040
Inga marginata, photographed by Étienne Lacroix-Carignan
fig. g Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0 1.0 / obs. 32835187
Inga marginata, photographed by Fede y Vani
fig. h Fede y Vani, CC0 1.0 / obs. 177683339

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Inga marginata is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela Mexico GulfMexico SoutheastArgentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaNicaraguaPanamáParaguayPeruSurinameVenezuela
Native distribution of Inga marginata, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Gulf MXG NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Southeast MXT

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 22 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 marginata (Willd.) Kuntze
  • Inga crista Mart. ex Colla
  • Inga excelsa Poepp.
  • Inga fagifolia f. pedicellaris Hassl.
  • Inga fagifolia var. intermedia Hassl.
  • Inga fagifolia var. marginata (Willd.) Hassl.
  • Inga guayaquilensis G.Don
  • Inga leptostachya Benth.
  • Inga marginata var. itayensis J.F.Macbr.
  • Inga odorata G.Don
  • Inga puberula Benth.
  • Inga pycnostachya Benth.
  • Inga sapida Kunth
  • Inga semialata (Vell.) Mart.
  • Inga semialata (Vell.) C.Mart.
  • Inga semialata var. latifolia Mart. ex Benth.
  • Inga tetraphylla (Vell.) Mart.
  • Inga tetraphylla var. parvifolia Benth.
  • Inga tysonii T.S.Elias
  • Mimosa semialata Vell.
  • Mimosa tetraphylla Vell.
  • Mimosa tetraphylla Sesse & Moc.

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. 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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