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Re: My trip to Belize
« Reply #50 on: August 27, 2012, 02:48:37 AM »



Here are a few more seeds out of the inga edulis showing many are germinating.

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Re: My trip to Belize
« Reply #51 on: August 27, 2012, 03:35:09 AM »
Oscar I am used to them being about 3 ft long but these were pretty eye-popping.It sounds like it could be just a couple of trees that produce bigger thicker pods than most.

Oscar's beans look so much smaller. Could it be different species compared to "Australian" ones?
What's the average length at Oscar's garden?

I think both my photo and Mile's are of Inga edulis. The pod on my photo is from a tree at experimental station. On that tree you can see pods of all sizes, usually anywhere from one foot to about three feet long. Never seen any longer than about a yard on that tree.
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Re: My trip to Belize
« Reply #52 on: August 27, 2012, 04:01:26 AM »
I am sure they are the same species but there is much variation.The pictures ones cost $2 per bean instead of the usual $1 per bean.That one is a little over the 4 ft mark but out of the same batch there were certainly much longer and heavier ones.Maybe they don't bring the smaller ones in to the market.The seeds are not black as the picture shows being a deep maroon with some orange/yellow ones which for me helps identify this type.

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Re: My trip to Belize
« Reply #53 on: August 27, 2012, 08:46:42 PM »



Street vendor in Bogota - Colombia .

Inga and Mamoncillo.
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Re: My trip to Belize
« Reply #54 on: January 08, 2013, 10:51:10 PM »




Pics of my inga edulis
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