Inga punctataWilld.

WFO wfo-0000182126 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 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 punctata, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. a Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-01-03 / obs. 110420732
Inga punctata, photographed by Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez
fig. b Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 98128164
Inga punctata, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. c Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 68100031
Inga punctata, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. d Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110434974
Inga punctata, photographed by Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez
fig. e Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 98128222
Inga punctata, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. f Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 68100068
Inga punctata, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. g Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110434976
Inga punctata, photographed by Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez
fig. h Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 98128284

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Inga punctata is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthColombiaCosta RicaCubaEcuadorEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáPeruTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela
Native distribution of Inga punctata, 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
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 14 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 leptoloba (Schltdl.) Kuntze
  • Feuilleea punctata (Willd.) Kuntze
  • Feuilleea rufinervis (Spruce ex Benth.) Kuntze
  • Feuilleea strigillosa (Spruce ex Benth.) Kuntze
  • Inga cycladenia Pittier
  • Inga ierensis Britton
  • Inga leptoloba Schltdl.
  • Inga popayanensis Pittier
  • Inga punctata subsp. chagrensis Pittier
  • Inga punctata var. elongata J.F.Macbr.
  • Inga punctata var. panamensis Benth.
  • Inga rufinervis Spruce ex Benth.
  • Inga strigillosa Spruce ex Benth.
  • Mimosa sericea Poir.

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.