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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.)
Plantae

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.

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Family
Genus
Inga
Order
Fabales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Inga spectabilis (Vahl) Willd.

Taxonomic Classification

Inga spectabilis (Vahl) Willd. is a plant species that belongs to the legume family Fabaceae.

Native Distribution

It is native to Central America and the Andean states, ranging south to Bolivia.

Etymology and Common Names

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

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

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