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Guamo (Inga edulis)

It is also known as Guaba or Guama. Inga edulis is a species belonging to the Leguminosae family, it is distributed between 0 meters above sea level and 2140 meters above sea level, in the departments of Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolívar, Caldas, Caquetá, Casanare, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Guainía, Guaviare, Magdalena , Meta, Nariño, Putumayo, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle, Vaupés, Vichada (UNAL, 2022).

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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SPECIES

Species of arboreal size that in optimal conditions can reach up to 30 m in height. It has compound leaves, paripinnate, dark green, absent of shine. The rachis of the leaf is winged and in each insertion it has crater-shaped glands. White flowers arranged in spike inflorescences, long legume fruit that contains several seeds covered by a fleshy white pulp that is edible.

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE

It is a very important species in restoration processes for two reasons: the first is that it is very attractive to dispersing and pollinating fauna, an aspect of great importance in any restoration process; the second is that with its roots it stabilizes the soil and improves the edaphic characteristics to facilitate the adaptation of the other species.

ASSOCIATED FAUNA IN THE AREA

( Butterfly, Lepidoptera Papilionoidea)

Inga edulis is a species very visited by the entomofauna of the area, bees, butterflies and ants frequent these trees with different objectives, either in search of food or shelter. Taking into account the importance of the entomofauna in an ecosystem, it is vitally important to have species that attract these individuals in order to continue all the biological dynamics that must occur in an area for restoration to progress successfully.

CYBERGRAPHY

AN I. (02/16/2022). Catalog of Plants and Lichens of Colombia. Retrieved from http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co/es/resultados/especie/Inga%20edulis/

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