Ice-cream-bean, Inírida, Colombia

This has to be one of the most useful fruits we have come across. These very long beans were growing everywhere in the wild. You can just pick them, open them, and eat the white pulp inside. No need to wash them. Taste is sweet and soft and it also helps with thirst.

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Flown Kimmerling

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Weird! The pulp looks like mold! Posted 5 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
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  Luckily it feels and smells better than that. It's basically a chewy form of sugared water :) Posted 5 years ago

The Ice-cream-bean

''Inga edulis'' is a fruit native to South America. It is widely grown, especially by indigenous Amazonians, for shade, food, timber, medicine, and production of the alcoholic beverage ''cachiri''. It is popular in Peru, Ecuador, Pernambuco-Brazil and Colombia. The name ‘inga’ is derived from its name with the Tupí people of South America. In English they have been called "ice-cream beans" due to the sweet flavor and smooth texture of the pulp.

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Similar species: Fabales

Species identified by Ferdy Christant