Inga laurina is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It native to an area from Mexico south to Argentina, including in the Caribbean. The species is present throughout most of Brazil, where it is called ingá-mirim (small ice-cream-bean) due to the relatively small pods.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Sacky sac bean being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Cynometra ramiflora
- Inga marginata
- Archidendron hendersonii
- Inga inicuil
- Zygia longifolia
- Archidendron muellerianum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Inga
- Species
- Inga laurina
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