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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

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Spanish name

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Inga vera Willd.

Leguminosae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, Greater Antilles) South America (tropics)

SC SE

hel hyg mes

dr (fruits pulp taken orally for constipation, macerated bark taken orally for anemia, roots decoction taken orally for gall bladder stones) fd fw (charcoal) sa (shade for coffee plantations, soil amelioration) ti

Feuilleea inga (L.) Kuntze Feuilleea spuria (Willd.) Kuntze Feuilleea xalapensis (Benth.) Kuntze Inga affinis DC. Inga berteriana DC. Inga donnell-smithii Pittier Inga fissicalyx Pittier Inga guamito L.Uribe Inga inga (L.) Britton Inga lamprophylla Wright ex Benth. Inga mociniana G.Don Inga riparia Pittier Inga spuria Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Inga vera ssp. lamprophylla (Wright ex Benth.) Pittier Inga vera ssp. portoricensis Pittier Inga vera ssp. spuria (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) J.León Inga vera var. lamprophylla (Wright ex Benth.) J.F.Macbr. Inga vera var. portoricensis (Pittier) J.F.Macbr. Inga xalapensis Benth. Mimosa inga L. Mimosa spuria (Willd.) Poir.

guaba inga; guaba; pan chock (Jamaica); river-icolco (Puerto Rico); river-koko (Jamaica); Spanish ash

inga sucré; cacolie, caracoli, ci crain; cicrin (Hispaniola); pois doux (Guadeloupe, Haiti); pois doux à paille (Guadeloupe, Martinique); pois doux grand feuille, pois doux marron; pois doux poilu (Guadeloupe); pois doux sucré; pois sucrin, sucrier, sucrin (Hispaniola)

acotope, chalahuite (Mexico); coralillo (Panama); guaba (Cuba, Nicaragua); guabá (Cuba); guaba del país (Puerto Rico); guaba larga (Costa Rica); guaba nativa (Puerto Rico); guabilla (Costa Rica); guabillo (Nicaragua); guabo (Central America); guama (Hispaniola); guamá (Dominican Republic); guamo arreyero, guamo bejuco (Colombia); guamo bobo (Venezuela); guava (Panama); guavo; inga; inga vera (Nicaragua); jina (Hispaniola)

bic-gri, bitis, bri-bri, chalum (maya, Belize); cuje (Guatemala); pwa dou, pwa sikren (creole, Haiti); sackysac; shalun (Guatemala); sikren (creole, Haiti); wama (maya, Belize)

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Latin name	Inga vera Willd.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, Greater Antilles) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg mes
Use	dr (fruits pulp taken orally for constipation, macerated bark taken orally for anemia, roots decoction taken orally for gall bladder stones) fd fw (charcoal) sa (shade for coffee plantations, soil amelioration) ti
Synonym	Feuilleea inga (L.) Kuntze Feuilleea spuria (Willd.) Kuntze Feuilleea xalapensis (Benth.) Kuntze Inga affinis DC. Inga berteriana DC. Inga donnell-smithii Pittier Inga fissicalyx Pittier Inga guamito L.Uribe Inga inga (L.) Britton Inga lamprophylla Wright ex Benth. Inga mociniana G.Don Inga riparia Pittier Inga spuria Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Inga vera ssp. lamprophylla (Wright ex Benth.) Pittier Inga vera ssp. portoricensis Pittier Inga vera ssp. spuria (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) J.León Inga vera var. lamprophylla (Wright ex Benth.) J.F.Macbr. Inga vera var. portoricensis (Pittier) J.F.Macbr. Inga xalapensis Benth. Mimosa inga L. Mimosa spuria (Willd.) Poir.
English name	guaba inga; guaba; pan chock (Jamaica); river-icolco (Puerto Rico); river-koko (Jamaica); Spanish ash
French name	inga sucré; cacolie, caracoli, ci crain; cicrin (Hispaniola); pois doux (Guadeloupe, Haiti); pois doux à paille (Guadeloupe, Martinique); pois doux grand feuille, pois doux marron; pois doux poilu (Guadeloupe); pois doux sucré; pois sucrin, sucrier, sucrin (Hispaniola)
Spanish name	acotope, chalahuite (Mexico); coralillo (Panama); guaba (Cuba, Nicaragua); guabá (Cuba); guaba del país (Puerto Rico); guaba larga (Costa Rica); guaba nativa (Puerto Rico); guabilla (Costa Rica); guabillo (Nicaragua); guabo (Central America); guama (Hispaniola); guamá (Dominican Republic); guamo arreyero, guamo bejuco (Colombia); guamo bobo (Venezuela); guava (Panama); guavo; inga; inga vera (Nicaragua); jina (Hispaniola)
Other name	bic-gri, bitis, bri-bri, chalum (maya, Belize); cuje (Guatemala); pwa dou, pwa sikren (creole, Haiti); sackysac; shalun (Guatemala); sikren (creole, Haiti); wama (maya, Belize)
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