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Inga (other)
''Inga'' is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs. Inga or Ingá may also refer to: Geography * Ingá, district of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil * Ingá, Paraíba, city in Paraíba state, Brazil ** Ingá Stone * Ingå, municipality of Finland * Inga Lake, a Canadian lake along the Alaska Highway * Inga Falls, a waterfall on the Congo River * Inga dams, dams and hydroelectric power generators on the Congo river Other uses * Inga (novel), a 2014 novel by Poile Sengupta * Inga people, a group of indigenous peoples in Colombia ** Inga Kichwa, their language * ''Inga'' (film), a 1968 film by Joseph W. Sarno * Inka (dharma) or Inga, Zen Buddhist concept * Inga, a character in the 1974 comedy film ''Young Frankenstein'' * ''Inga'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Oecophoridae Oecophoridae (concealer moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved, and the circumsc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inga
''Inga'' is a genus of small tropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing treesElkan, Daniel. "Slash-and-burn farming has become a major threat to the world's rainforest" ''The Guardian'' 21 April 2004 and shrubs, subfamily Mimosoideae. ''Inga''s leaves are pinnate, and flowers are generally white. Many of the hundreds of species are used ornamentally. Several related plants have been placed into this genus at one time, for example Yopo (Cohoba, Mopo, Nopo or Parica – '' Anadenanthera peregrina'' – as ''Inga niopo''). The seeds are covered with sweet white powder. The pulp covering the seeds is lightly fibrous and sweet, and rich in minerals; it is edible in the raw state. The tree's name originates from the Tupi word ''in-gá'' meaning "soaked", due to the fruit powder consistency. The tree usually blooms twice a year. Within the ''Inga'' genus there are around 300 species, most of them native and growing in the Amazon forest region although some species are also found in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
