Fabaceae FAMILY Endangered

Inga jaunechensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Inga jaunechensis is a tree growing up to 10 metres tall. The tree is often retained to serve as a shade tree when the forest is cleared to make way for coffee plantations[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. Inga jaunechensis has a small range, being found in a few coastal forests in Ecuador. Large-scale destruction of these forests has occurred over the last 50 years. Apart from habitat destruction, no other specific threats are known. The plant is classified as 'Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Ecuador.

HabitatAn understorey tree of coastal rainforests, in both dense primary forests and secondary formations, at elevations up to 200 metres[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].