Ice Cream Bean vs Red Wood

Inga edulis compared with Inga laurina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ice Cream Bean	Red Wood
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family same	Fabaceae	Fabaceae
Genus same	Inga	Inga
Species	Inga edulis	Inga laurina

Evolutionary Relationship

Ice Cream Bean and Red Wood share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Inga.

Conservation Status

Ice Cream Bean

LC — Least Concern

Red Wood

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ice Cream Bean	Red Wood
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ice Cream Bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe), North America (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Red Wood

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across North America (4 countries) and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 5 countries:

🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇸🇻 El Salvador 🇬🇹 Guatemala 🇭🇳 Honduras