Cream bean , or edible edible sugar , or sugar peas ( lat. Inga edulis ) - a species of plants of the genus Inga ( Inga ) of the legume family ( Fabaceae ), growing in Central and South America .
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Inga edulis Mart. |
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Botanical illustration of P. G. W. Taubert from the book
Natürliche Pflanzenfamilien G. Engelmann A tree up to 25 meters high with a wide crown. Cirrus leaves , consisting of 4 pairs of oval or ovate-lanceolate thin-skinned leaves.
The flowers are white or yellow, with a tubular cup and whisk , collected in dense panicles up to 7 cm long. The stamens are long, fused at the bottom into a tubule, as in all plants included in the tribe Ingeae .
Fruits - cylindrical beans up to 1 meter long, often bent and twisted, with a longitudinally furrowed surface and velvety pubescence. The peel is hard-skinned, inside there are quite large seeds from round to elliptical in shape, surrounded by a white juicy-spongy fibrous pulp. Seeds begin to germinate when the fruit is still on the tree.
The homeland of cream bean is Central and South America . This plant is currently cultivated in Tanzania and less commonly in other tropical countries.
A fruit pulp having a vanilla flavor and a sweet taste is usually eaten raw. In addition to obtaining edible fruits, the tree is also grown to create artificial shade on coffee plantations.
- ↑ For the conventionality of indicating the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
Novak B., Schulz B. Tropical fruits. Biology, application, cultivation and harvesting / Per. with him. - M .: BMM AO, 2002. - S. 84-85. - 240 p. - ISBN 5-88353-133-4 .
