Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.

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This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby[

A booklet giving terse details of almost 300 species of edible fruits, plus regional lists of Botanical and Common names for over 2,500 less well-known edible fruits of the tropics.

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Medicinal

None known

Agroforestry Uses:

This was the first species in the genus that was planted for shading coffee; but a high susceptibility to a kind of witches-broom disease, and the damage made to the coffee trees by people who collect the edible legumes, is causing the abandoning of its cultivation[

Contains an excellent treament of a section of the genus Inga. An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet.

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Inga species generally have a number of factors that make them popular for use as shade trees in coffee and cacao plantations:- they grow quickly and so soon make an effecte shade; they respond well to drastic pruning and so are easy to keep within the required size and shade levels; they promote and maintain soil fertility; they are effective soil stabilizers[