Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Inga insignis
guava, guabo de Tumbaco
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Inga
Species
insignis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2007
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.
- Jørgensen, P.M. Ulloa, C. (1994) Seed plants of the high Andes of Ecuador—A checklist. AAU Rep. 34: 1–443.
- Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
- Pennington, T.D. Revelo, N. (1997) El Género Inga en el Ecuador Morfología, Distribución y Usos. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: 1-177
- Quintana, M.C. (2010) Wild plants in the dry valleys around Quito-Ecuador. Publicaciones del Herbario QCA, PUCE. Quito-Ecuador, 266 pp.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Inga insignis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2162. Accessed 4 November 2026.