[5][6] Indumentum of pubescent hairs with rusty color on young branchlets, leaf rhachis and inflorescences.

[7] In English they have been called "ice-cream beans" due to the sweet flavor and smooth texture of the pulp.

Its height can reach an average of 60 feet or taller and will stand temperatures as high as 30 degree Celsius when mature.

In Mexico, coffee-plantation workers can double their annual salary by selling the pods from the Inga trees used to shade the coffee plants.

They are multipurpose trees and are potentially valuable additions to gardens, orchards, fields, hedgerows, or wayside wastelands throughout most warm parts of the world.