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Inga oerstediana is a tropical tree in the pea family, native from Mexico to Bolivia and Trinidad and Tobago. It is grown mainly as shade for coffee in Central America rather than as an ornamental.
Inga oerstediana is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae. It was described by English botanist George Bentham. It can be found in Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago.
Inga oerstediana is used to provide shade in coffee plantations in Central America. The pulp surrounding the seeds is sweet and edible. The wood of Inga oerstediana is usable but is vulnerable to dry wood termites and is not durable in soil.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Inga oerstediana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
