Inga huberi Ducke

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Inga

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 20 m tall. It has irregular buttresses. The leaves are compound with 2 pairs of leaflets. The flowers are white and in clusters of 3 in the axils of leaves. The pods are 20 cm long by 4 cm wide. The pulp around the seeds is white.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in secondary and mixed forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Inga huberi world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname

Conservation status

Inga huberi threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:128544-2
WFO ID wfo-0000165294
COL ID 3PPNL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 733846
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Synonyms

Inga huberi