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botanical illustration of Inga punctata, Inga punctata

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Inga punctata

Inga punctata

Acotope · Ajujecco fiño · Avunbi’cco fiño · Botsöró · Guaba · Guaba de pez · Guaba de piedra · Guaba de vomitar · Guabilla · Kanashi pakay · Kemo ode · Noywagawe · Oowe · Patunga fiño · Pi shiichi · Piedra de guaba · Putunga fiño · Tsiaya pené · chelele · ingá

At a glance

Origin / distribution: not documented

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: not documented

Science studied: BETULINIC-ACID

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Fabaceae

Scientific name: Inga punctata

Common names: Acotope, Ajujecco fiño, Avunbi’cco fiño, Botsöró, Guaba, Guaba de pez, Guaba de piedra, Guaba de vomitar, Guabilla, Kanashi pakay, Kemo ode, Noywagawe, Oowe, Patunga fiño, Pi shiichi, Piedra de guaba, Putunga fiño, Tsiaya pené, chelele, ingá

POWO: 128693-2 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone

History

Historical context is not documented in this record.

Origins and distribution

not documented in this record

Documented cultural uses

not documented in this record

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

  • Increasing Ages of <i>Inga punctata</i> Tree Soils Facilitate Greater Fungal Community Abundance and Successional Development, and Efficiency of Microbial Organic Carbon Utilization. · 2024 source ↗
  • ncreasing Ages of Inga punctata Tree Soils Facilitate Greater Fungal Community Abundance and Successional Development, and Efficiency of Microbial Organic Carbon Utilization · 2024 source ↗
  • Use of high throughput DNA analysis to characterize the nodule-associated bacterial community from four ages of <i>Inga punctata</i> trees in a Costa Rican cloud forest. · 2024 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

  • BETULINIC-ACID

Legality

No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.

Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.

Reference images

Inga punctata
Inga punctata · Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG)

Sources

Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP

World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0

show claim source mapping
  • identity · DH-SRC-0030
  • documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
  • compounds · DH-SRC-0030
  • taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
  • powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
  • wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

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