- This article is about the genus of plant. For other uses, see Inga (disambiguation).
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Inga is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs, member of the infrafamily Ingeae. Inga edulis in some sources is actually Pacay ( I feuilleei) see below Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Magnoliopsida is the Botanical name for a class of Flowering plants By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its Under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN Rosidae is a Botanical name at the rank of subclass. In the APG II system for the classification of the Angiosperms the name rosids refers to a Clade, meaning a Monophyletic group of plants Fabales is an order of Flowering plants It is included in the rosid group of the Eudicots in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II Fabaceae or Leguminosae is a large and economically important family of Flowering plants which is commonly known as the legume family, pea As noted below in some classifications (eg the Cronquist system) "Mimosoideae" refers to what here is considered the tribe Mimoseae. In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. A list of selected Species of the huge Legume Genus Inga. A Inga allenii A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Inga's leaves are pinnate, and flowers are generally white. Pinnate is a term used to describe Feather -like or multi-divided features arising from both sides of a common axis in Plant or Animal structures and comes Many of the hundreds of species are used ornamentally. In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. Ornamental plants are typically grown in the flower Garden or as House plants Most commonly they are grown for the display of their Flowers Other common
Several related plants have been placed into this genus at one time, for example Yopo (Cohoba, Mopo, Nopo or Parica - Anadenanthera peregrina -, as Inga niopo). Anadenanthera peregrina, also known as Yopo, Cohoba, Mopo, Nopo, Parica or Calcium Tree, is
Inga species, most notably Inga edulis (commonly known as "ice-cream-bean" or, in Spanish, guama) often have edible seeds. Inga edulis in some sources is actually Pacay ( I feuilleei) see below The name derives from the fact that those of I. edulis resembles vanilla ice cream in flavour.
Crop rotation techniques using species of Inga such as I. edulis have been developed to restore soil fertility, and thereby stem the tide of continual slashing and burning of the rainforest. Inga edulis in some sources is actually Pacay ( I feuilleei) see below Soil fertility is the characteristic of soil that supports abundant plant life Slash and burn consists of cutting and burning of Forests or Woodlands to create fields for Agriculture or Pasture for Livestock, or [1][2]
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Haugen, C. A list of selected Species of the huge Legume Genus Inga. A Inga allenii , Revelo, N. "Amazon Rainforest Restoration and Conservation in Ecuador: Inga spp.". Visited 2006, September 18.
- ^ Elkan, D. (2005, February). The Rainforest Saver. The Ecologist, 35 (1), 56-63.
External links
Information related to Inga (Fabaceae) from Wikispecies. Wikispecies is a Wiki -based online project supported by the Wikimedia Foundation that aims to create a comprehensive Free content catalogue of all - I. Edulis at FACT Net plain text HTML
- Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation
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