Fabaceae

River koko

Inga vera Willd.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Inga

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River koko (Inga vera) — FlowerPhoto: Daniel Pineda Vera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

English: River koko
Portuguese: Ingázeiro

Synonyms

Feuilleea inga (L.) Kuntze
Inga inga (L.) Britton
Mimosa inga L.

Flowers

Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Daniel Pineda Vera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Irene, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Erick Vélez Sánchez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: nasua, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Miguel José Lengua Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Giovanni Marques de Castro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Brian Oakes Haiti Hunter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bonnie Isaac, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Francisco Emilio Roldán Velasco, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: maryury, CC0, from iNaturalist

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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.