Inga spectabilis is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Central America and the Andean states to Bolivia. The blade-like morphology of the fruiting pod has earned it the common name machete ice-cream-bean (Guamo Macheto, Guaba Machete).
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Inga spectabilis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Inga spectabilis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections5
Countries3
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK3★rbcL6★rbcLa★ITS1
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualInga spectabilis carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Chromosomes2n = 26 n = 13
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 261×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Hanson, L. 1995. Some new chromosome counts in the genus Inga (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Kew Bull. 50: 801–804.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin0.34 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 102 records
Wild obs. + sensor518
Museum / vouchered580
Cultivated / captive1
Other3
Origin
Native12
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 012 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy83% within 1 km
≤100 m 73≤1 km 10≤10 km 13>10 km 4
100 georeferenced · 418 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor518
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy37% within 1 km
≤100 m 7≤1 km 21≤10 km 35>10 km 12
75 georeferenced · 505 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence580
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km
≤1 km 1
1 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living1
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions27 of 66 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Saint Louis, US
136
Kew, GB
62
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
46
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
27
Chicago, US
25
Aarhus, DK
20
QCNElocation not on record
19
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
16
Quito, EC
14
ASUlocation not on record
13
Puerto Ayora, EC
12
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
12
Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (UTCH)location not on record
11
Mexico City, MX
11
San José, CR
10
Loja, EC
9
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
9
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record
8
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
6
Xiamen, CN
5
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record
4
Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record
4
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDistrital)location not on record
3
Berlin, DE
3
MAlocation not on record
3
Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record
3
Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record
3
Lima, PE
3
León, NI
3
HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record
3
Area de Conservacion Guanacastelocation not on record
3
Bronx, US
3
Herbario de la Universidad Tecnológica Indoaméricalocation not on record
2
Cusco, PE
2
OTSlocation not on record
2
Riobamba, EC
2
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
2
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record
2
Universität Göttingenlocation not on record
2
Wlocation not on record
1
Herbario MAT de la Universidad Politécnica Estatal del Carchilocation not on record
1
Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record
1
La Paz, BO
1
Boise, US
1
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record
1
HUAlocation not on record
1
Santiago de Cali, CO
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
MEDELlocation not on record
1
CJBGlocation not on record
1
Río Palenque Science Centerlocation not on record
1
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas SINCHIlocation not on record
1
Universidad de Guayaquillocation not on record
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Iquitos, PE
1
arosemena tola, EC
1
Richmond, US
1
CASlocation not on record
1
Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record
1
Tampa, US
1
Universidad Tecnológica del Chocólocation not on record
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Austin, US
1
COLlocation not on record
1
66 institutions · 550 of 580 vouchered records shown · 29 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Inga spectabilis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median24.1 °C 24.1–25.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.30 °C
Max temp (day)26.7 °C 26.7–28.3
Min temp (night)21.9 °C 21.9–22.3
Precipitation468 mm/mo 241–468
Air humidity75.5 % 70.6–75.5
Moisture balance334 mm/mo 113–334
Vapour deficit730 Pa 730–949
Wind speed1.30 m/s 1.00–1.30
Cloud cover34.2 % 34.2–50.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 102 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗