Ice-cream Bean - Inga Edulis

• Code: 238_plant
• Fruit Description: The long ribbed pods are 125mm to 250mm in length. Each contains soft white flesh which looks like cotton wool and smells and tastes like vanilla ice-cream. Kids love it! The 20 mm seeds inside the pod are not edible. Once picked the pods don't keep well.
• Plant growing Height and Width for pots or in the ground planting: Grows to 3 metres high by 2.5 metres wide if Planted in a Pot. Grows to 10 metres high by 7 metres wide if Planted in the Ground.
• Uses: Eat the sweet juicy smooth white flesh around the seeds.
• Flowers : The flowers are spectacular, fluffy yellow and white, occurring in clusters on long spikes.
• Growing Conditions: The Ice-cream Bean tree grows fast to a height of about 10 metres. It makes an excellent windbreak or shade tree, having a dense flat and wide canopy. It prefers a warm climate, well-drained soil and can tolerate mild frost. It is a terrific nitrogen-fixing leguminous plant.
• Pollination Requirements: Self-Pollinating
• Harvest Time: The pods are ready to harvest in Summer and Autumn when they have a brown felt color.
• Special Features: This leguminous tree fertilises and benefits the soil as it fixes nitrogen in nodules on the roots, making it available for other plants.
• Plant Origin: South America, Central America.
• Plant Family: Fabaceae-Mimosoideae

Inner Packaging:

• Weight: 1.30 kg
• Length: 15.00 cm
• Width: 15.00 cm
• Height: 100.00 cm