Inga edulis in some sources is actually Pacay

Pacay

Inga feuilleei , commonly known as pacay or ice-cream bean, is a perennial tree that contains a podded fruit cultivated often for its edible white pulp surrounding large seeds. It is a legume tree native to Central and South America. All legumes have their seed encased in pods, a few of which are...

 (I. feuilleei); see below.

Inga edulis (eng. ice-cream-bean, Joaquiniquil, Mex. cuaniquil, guama or guaba) is a fruit native to South America

South America

South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

. It is widely grown, especially by indigenous Amazonians, for shade, food, timber, medicine, and production of the alcoholic beverage cachiri. It is popular in Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

 and Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

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Synonyms

This plant has a convoluted history of synonym

Synonym

Synonyms are different words with almost identical or similar meanings. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy. The word comes from Ancient Greek syn and onoma . The words car and automobile are synonyms...

y with Inga vera. The plants discussed under that name by Brenan

John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan

John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan was a British botanist. He was born June 19, 1917 in Chislehurst and died September 26, 1985 at Kew. He is buried at St. Anne's Church, Kew....

 and Kunth

Carl Sigismund Kunth

Carl Sigismund Kunth , also Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth, was a German botanist...

 are actually I. edulis, whereas that based on the writings of Carl Ludwig Willdenow

Carl Ludwig Willdenow

Carl Ludwig Willdenow was a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant taxonomist. He is considered one of the founders of phytogeography, the study of the geographic distribution of plants...

 refers to the actual I. vera. Inga edulis in works referring back to authorities other than von Martius

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university...

 usually refers to Inga feuilleei.

Synonyms of Inga edulis Mart.:

• Feuilleea edulis (Mart.) Kuntze
• Inga benthamiana Meisn.
• Inga edulis var. grenadensis Urb.
• Inga minutula (Schery) T.S.Elias
• Inga scabriuscula Benth.
• Inga vera Kunth
• Inga vera sensu Brenan
• Inga ynga (Vell.) J.W.Moore
• Mimosa inga L.
• Mimosa ynga Vell.