Fabaceae
Sacky sac bean
Inga laurina
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Inga
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 月桂印加豆
- English
- Sacky sac bean
Synonyms
- Feuilleea fagifolia (L.) Kuntze
- Feuilleea laurina (Sw.) Kuntze
- Inga fagifolia (L.) Willd. ex Benth.
- Inga fagifolia f. genuina Hassl.
- Inga fagifolia var. belemnensis Ducke
- Inga fagifolia var. pedicellaris Benth.
- Inga fagifolia var. typica Hassl.
- Inga sinemariensis (Aubl.) G.Don
- Inga verrucosa C.Presl
- Mimosa coruscans Sieber ex C.Presl
- Mimosa fagifolia L.
- Mimosa laurina Sw.
- Mimosa sinemariensis Aubl.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: https://www.gbif.org/species/5358039, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.