Fabaceae
Inga

Inga cylindrica (Vell.) Mart.

First published in Flora 20(2 Beibl.): 114 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Costa Rica to S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.
  • Pennington, T.D. (1997). The genus Inga botany: 1-488. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • da Silva e Silva, W.L., Cajueiro Gurgel, E.S., Moreira dos Santos, J.U. & Falcão da Silva, M. (2013). Inventário e distribuição geográfica de Leguminosae no arquipélago de Marajó, PA, Brazil. Hoehnea 40: 627-647.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Pennington, T.D. (1997). The genus Inga botany: 1-488. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Castañeda, R.R. (1991). Frutas silvestres de Colombia. Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1996 Riedel [550] Brazil K000328316 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Ducke, A. [1020] Brazil K000876119 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 s.coll. [1429] Brazil K000876105 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Duarte, A.P.; Mattos, A. [8303] Brazil K000876109 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Krukoff, B.A. [5033] Brazil K000876102 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Heringer, E.P.; Filgueiras, T.S.; Mendonça, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S. [6519] Brazil K000876123 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Krukoff, B.A. [8379] Brazil K000876104 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Mori, S.; Santos, T.S.; Thompsom, C.B. [11327] Brazil K000091802 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Glaziou, A.F.M. [21084] Brazil K000876111 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Krukoff, B.A. [5688] Brazil K000876120 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 s.coll. [1429] Brazil K000876100 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 s.coll. [1381] Brazil K000876113 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Milliken, W.; Ramos, J.; Mota, C.D.A.; Latham, S. [722] Brazil K000876129 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Prance, G.T.; Coelho, D.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [7762] Brazil K000876103 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Boog, W. [s.n.] Brazil K000876114 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Boog, W. [s.n.] Brazil K000876115 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Hatschbach, G.G.; Pott, A.V.; Silva, J.M. [62900] Brazil K000876126 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Spruce [1016] Brazil K000876118 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Krukoff, B.A. [5688] Brazil K000876108 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Lewis, G.P.; Silva, R.M.; Pirani, J.R.; Stannard, B.; Furlan, A.; Harley, R.M. [CFCR7267] Brazil K000091805 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 s.coll. [1382] Brazil K000876106 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Blanchet, J.S. [3680] Brazil K000876117 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 s.coll. [1382] Brazil K000876122 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Garcia, F.C.P. [126] Brazil K000876125 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Duarte, A.P.; Mattos, A. [8303] Brazil K000876101 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Ratter, J.A.; Cardoso, E.; Fonseca Filho, J.; Lima, V.; Oliveira, N.; Paixão, J.F.; Silva, M.; Walter, B. [7347] Brazil K000876124 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 s.coll. [s.n.] K000876107 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 s.coll. [1381] Brazil K000328314 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K000876112 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Glaziou, A.F.M. [8657] Brazil K000876110 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Lewis, G.P.; Silva, R.M.; Pirani, J.R.; Stannard, B.; Furlan, A.; Harley, R.M. [CFCR7267] Brazil K000091806 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Carvalho, A.M.; Silva, L.A.M.; Santos, T.S. [2382] Brazil K000091807 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Claussen, P. [s.n.] Brazil K000876116 Yes
Jardim, J.G.; Carvalho, A.M.; Amorim, A.M.; Sant'Ana, S.C.; Pitanga, G.F. [707] Brazil K000091804 Yes
Baez, C.; Fernandez, E.P.; Lima, T.; Gomes, R.C. [1629] Brazil K001765807 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G.; Hatschbach, M.; Barbosa, E. [67407] Brazil K000876128 Yes
Alves, M.; Heald, S.; Oliveira, M.; Barreto, A.; Santos, R.; Sousa, K.; Oliveira, E. [2547] Brazil K000876127 Yes
s.coll. [1381] Brazil K000328315 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ducke, A. [s.n.] Brazil K000876121 Yes
Jardim, J.G.; Carvalho, A.M.; Amorim, A.M.; Sant'Ana, S.C.; Pitanga, G.F. [707] Brazil K000091803 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; et al. [13456] Bolivia K:SPC-57561.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0