Synonyms:

• (=) Inga ynga (Vell.) J. W. Moore
• (=) Mimosa ynga Vell.

Common names:

• ice-cream-bean  (Source: Cornucopia) - English
• pois doux  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• inga-cipó  (Source: Cornucopia) - Portuguese
• chalaite  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• cuajiniquil  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• guaba  (Source: CoopAmaz) - Spanish
• pacay  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: shade/shelter ()
• Human food: fruit ()

Distributional Range:

Native

Southern America

• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
• BRAZIL: Brazil
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia (e.), Ecuador, Peru (e.)


Cultivated (also cult.)

Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere in neotropics)

References:

1. Burkart, A. E. Las leguminosas Argentinas - silvestres y cultivadas, ed. 2. (Leg Argent)
2. Croat, T. B. Flora of Barro Colorado Island. (F BarroColo)
3. Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981 (Leg WorldEc)
4. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993 (Zander ed14)
5. Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 (Cornucopia)
6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). (Ecocrop)
7. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
8. IPGRI New World Fruits Database (on-line resource). (New World Fruits)
9. León, J. 1966. Central American and West Indian species of Inga (Leguminosae) Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 53:333.
10. Lewis, G. P. Legumes of Bahia. 1987 (Leg Bahia)
11. Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. Flora of Peru. 1936-1971; new ser. 1980- (F Peru)
12. Pennington, T. D. The genus Inga, botany. 1997 (Inga) 742.
13. Pittier, H. F. et al. Catálogo de la flora venezolana. (L Venez)
14. Poncy, O. 1985. Le genre Inga (Légumineuses, Mimosoideae) en Guyane française Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Bot. 31:64.
15. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). (Pl Names)
16. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
17. Reitz, R., ed. Flora ilustrada catarinense. (F SCatarin)
18. Secretaria Pro-Tempore Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. (CoopAmaz)
19. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
20. Steyermark, J. A. & O. Huber Flora del Avila. (F Avila)
21. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)

Images:

• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image