Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Inga striata
guaba de Castilla, guaba de caja, inga banana
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Inga
Species
striata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Inga ochroclada Harms
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2001
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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- Macbride, J.F. (1943) Leguminosae Flora of Peru. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(3/1): 1–506.
- Macbride, J.F. (1943) Leguminosae (Fabaceae) Flora of Peru. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 14:1-112.
- Pennington, T.D. Revelo, N. (1997) El Género Inga en el Ecuador Morfología, Distribución y Usos. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: 1-177
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"Galapagos Species Database, Inga striata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1672. Accessed 4 November 2026.