Inga spectabilis (Vahl) Willd. is a plant in the Fabaceae family, order Fabales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Inga spectabilis (Vahl) Willd. (Inga spectabilis (Vahl) Willd.)
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Inga spectabilis (Vahl) Willd.

Inga spectabilis (Vahl) Willd.

Inga spectabilis is a Fabaceae plant native to the Americas, known by common names tied to its blade-like seed pods.

Family
Genus
Inga
Order
Fabales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Inga spectabilis (Vahl) Willd.

Inga spectabilis (Vahl) Willd. is a plant species that belongs to the legume family Fabaceae. It is native to Central America and the Andean states, ranging south to Bolivia. The blade-like shape of its fruiting pods gave rise to its common names, which include machete ice-cream-bean, Guamo Macheto, and Guaba Machete.

Photo: (c) Katerine Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Katerine Rodríguez · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Fabales Fabaceae Inga

More from Fabaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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