Inga edulis
Common name
Icecream bean
Family
Fabaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Conservation status
Not applicable
Habitat
Locally established under and near a large parent tree growin in the grounds of the Mt Albert Research Centre, Mt Albert, Auckland. Numerous seedlings and saplings. Plants possibly spreading across that campus through seed pods that are being moved by curious people.
Flower colours
White, Yellow
Fruiting
March - August
Life cycle
Long lived tree. Reproduces Exclusively by seed, a long lived. Hard shelled bean which forms a larg seed bank. Seeds are dispersed by gravity and by humans tossing fruits/seeds.
Year naturalised
2007
Origin
South America
Reason for introduction
Ornamental
Tolerances
Cold intolerant