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Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

ENGLISH: ice-cream bean<br />

SPANISH: guamá, guava, pacae, pacai, pacay, pacay del Perú<br />

USES/NOTES: Cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed by <strong>the</strong> Inca for its sweet white aril. Now also<br />

planted as a nitrogen-fixing shade tree for o<strong>the</strong>r crops including<br />

Trujillo coca (Erythroxylum novogran<strong>at</strong>ense var. truxillense) and<br />

c<strong>of</strong>fee (C<strong>of</strong>fea spp.).<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Central Andes <strong>of</strong> South America<br />

REFERENCES: Bonuccelli 1989, Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Duke and Vásquez<br />

1994, Martin et al. 1987, NRC 1989, Plowman 1984, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Inga gracilifolia Ducke<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae (bean or pea)<br />

PORTUGUESE: ingá<br />

SPANISH: shimbillo<br />

USES/NOTES: Sweet aril is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonia<br />

REFERENCES: Duke and Vásquez 1994, Lewis 1987<br />

Inga heterophylla Willd. [syn. I. umbell<strong>at</strong>a G. Don f.]<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae (bean or pea)<br />

PORTUGUESE: ingá-chichica, ingá-de-macaco, ingá-xixica, ingaí,<br />

ingaxixi<br />

SPANISH: guamo cajeto, guamo copero, shimbillo<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonia<br />

REFERENCES: Boom 1989, Cavalcante 1991, Duke and Vásquez 1994, Martin<br />

et al. 1987, OAS 1973, Silva et al. 1977, Sousa 1993<br />

Inga ilta T.D. Penn.<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae (bean or pea)<br />

SPANISH: guamo<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp and embryo are edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Ecuador and Peru<br />

REFERENCES: Jørgensen and León-Yánez 1999<br />

Inga ingoides (Rich.) Willd. [syn. Mimosa ingoides Rich.]<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae (bean or pea)<br />

SPANISH: guabilla, guamo cafetero<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Colombia to Peru<br />

REFERENCES: Duke and Vásquez 1994, Kartesz 1994, León 1966, Martin et<br />

al. 1987<br />

Inga insignis Kunth<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae (bean or pea)<br />

SPANISH: guamá<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Ecuador<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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