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



Summary
Genus:
Inga
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
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
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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
  2. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  3. IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
  4. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
  5. Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
  6. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  7. Tomchinsky, B. et al. 2021. Food composition data: edible plants from the Amazon. In: Jacob, M. C. M. & U. P. Albuquerque, Local food plants of Brazil 271-295. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-69139-4_13. Note: harvested from wild populations
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAmapá Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAmazonas Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMaranhão Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilPará Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilRondônia Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaAmazonas Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaAntioquia Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaChocó Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaNariño Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorEsmeraldas Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorImbabura Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorMorona Santiago Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorPastaza Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorPichincha Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorZamora Chinchipe Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruCusco Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruLoreto Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruMadre de Dios Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruPasco Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruSan Martín Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
Native
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad]
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela [Amazonas]
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Amapá, Amazonas, Maranhão, Pará, Rondônia]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia [Antioquia, Chocó, Nariño], Ecuador [Esmeraldas, Imbabura, Morona Santiago, Pastaza, Pichincha, Zamora Chinchipe], Peru [Cusco, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco, San Martín]

Reference(s)
  1. Pennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruitarilsPennington, T. D. 1997. The genus Inga, botany 768-772.
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://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=417104. Accessed 17 October 2026.