Plant Details

Accepted name:: Inga edulis Mart. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
guava	Other	Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)
ingá-de-metro	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
wampaa	Other	Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)
yamaipayekë	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark		Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Feuilleea conferta (Benth.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 187 (1891).
Feuilleea edulis (Mart.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 187 (1891).
Feuilleea scabriuscula (Benth.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 189 (1891).
Inga benthamiana Meisn. Linnaea 21: 253 (1848).
Inga complanata Amshoff Natuurw. Stud. Suriname & Curaçao 2: 39 (1948).
Inga conferta Benth. London J. Bot. 4: 620 (1845).
Inga edulis var. parviflora Benth. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 15(2): 498 (1876).
Inga edulis f. typica Porto Rodriguésia 2: 110 (1936), not validly publ.
Inga scabriuscula Benth. London J. Bot. 4: 606 (1845).
Inga scabriuscula var. villosior Benth. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 15(2): 497 (1876).
Inga uncinata Spruce ex Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 630 (1875).
Inga vera Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 289 (1824), nom. illeg.
Inga ynga J.W.Moore Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 10(19): 6 (1934), nom. superfl.
Mimosa ynga Vell. Fl. Flumin. 11: t. 3 (1831), non M. inga L.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Inga edulis C. Martius	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Inga edulis Mart.	Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Inga edulis Martius	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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