Inga marginata LC Taxonomic Authority: Willd.  Global Assessment  Regional Assessment Region: Global  Endemic to region

Upper Level Kingdom: PLANTAE Phylum: TRACHEOPHYTA Class: MAGNOLIOPSIDA Order: Family: LEGUMINOSAE Lower Level Taxonomy Rank: Infra- rank name:  Hybrid Subpopulation: Authority:

General Information Distribution marginata has a large native range which spreads between Costa Rica in the north and Argentina at the furthest south of the distribution.

Range Size Elevation Biogeographic Realm Area of Occupancy: Upper limit: 2000  Afrotropical Extent of Occurrence: Lower limit: 0  Antarctic Map Status: Depth  Australasian Upper limit:  Neotropical Lower limit:  Oceanian Depth Zones  Palearctic  Shallow photic  Bathyl  Hadal  Indomalayan  Photic  Abyssal  Nearctic Population This taxon is known to be common.

Total Population Size Minimum Population Size: Maximum Population Size: Habitat and Ecology I. marginata is known from a range of different habitats but is usually found along riversides and disturbed situations, gallery forest, in lowland and montane rainforest. Commonly on ever-wet and seasonally wet ground.

System Movement pattern Crop Wild Relative  Terrestrial  Freshwater  Nomadic  Congregatory/Dispersive  Is the species a wild relative of a crop?  Marine  Migratory  Altitudinally migrant

Growth From Definition Growth From Definition Tree - size unknow Tree (any size), also termed a Phanerophyte (>1m)

Threats This taxon is not known to be threatened or in decline, general threats to the habitat include logging and most significantly the conversion of natural vegetation cover to agricultural land.

Past Present Future 13 None    Conservation Measures This taxon is known to occur within a number of protected areas but seeds have yet to be collected and stored in a seed bank as a method of ex situ conservation.

In Place Needed 3 Research actions   3.2 Population numbers and range   3.4 Habitat status   3.5 Threats   3.9 Trends/Monitoring   4 Habitat and site-based actions   4.4 Protected areas   5 Species-based actions   5.7 Ex situ conservation actions   5.7.2 Genome resource bank  

Countries of Occurrence

PRESENCE ORIGIN Year Breeding Non- Passage Possibly Extinct Presence Native Introduced Re- Vagrant Origin Round Season breeding migrant extinct uncertain Introduced uncertain only season only Argentina             Bolivia             Brazil             Colombia             Costa Rica             Ecuador             French Guiana             Guyana             Panama             Paraguay             Peru             Suriname             Venezuela            

General Habitats Score Description Major Importance 1 Forest 1 Suitable Unset 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland 1 Suitable Unset 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane 1 Suitable Unset Species Utilisation  Species is not utilised at all

Purpose / Type of Use Subsistence National International 1. Food - human    16. Other    7. Fuel    The fruits are often sold on local markets, the wood as a fuel source and sometimes planted to shade coffee plantations. This taxon is also used to restore the nutrient levels of soils (Pennington 1997).

Trend in the level of wild offtake/harvest in relation to total wild population numbers over the last five years: Trend in the amount of offtake/harvest produced through domestication/cultivation over the last five years: CITES status: Not listed

IUCN Red Listing Red List Assessment: (using 2001 IUCN system) Least Concern (LC)

Red List Criteria: Date Last Seen (only for EX, EW or Possibly EX species): Is the species Possibly Extinct?  Possibly Extinct Candidate?  Rationale for the Red List Assessment I. marginata has a large geographical and altitudinal range and is considered to be common. The taxon is known to occur within the protected areas network and is not known to be subject to any major threatening processes at present, hence a rating of Least Concern is given. Reason(s) for Change in Red List Category from the Previous Assessment:  Genuine Change  Nongenuine Change  No Change  Genuine (recent)  New information  Taxonomy  Same category  Genuine (since first assessment)  Knowledge of Criteria  Criteria Revisio and criteria  Incorrect data used  Other  Same category but previously change in criteria Current Population Trend: Stable Date of Assessment: 13/09/2010 Name(s) of the Assessor(s): Groom, A. Evaluator(s): Notes:

% population decline in the past: Time period over which the past decline has been measured for applying Criterion A or C1 (in years or generations): % population decline in the future: Time period over which the future decline has been measured for applying Criterion A or C1 (in years or generations): Number of Locations: Severely Fragmented: Number of Mature Individuals:

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