Ever fantasize about growing desserts on trees? Well, you can get pretty close with the ice cream bean tree (Inga edulis), a tropical tree bearing fruit that tastes like vanilla ice cream. Native to ...

It has been estimated that as many as 300 million farmers in tropical countries may take part in slash and burn agriculture. A practice that is environmentally destructive and ultimately unstable.

The Inga Foundation has created a sustainable agricultural system that doesn’t deplete nutrients in the soil like slash-and-burn farming does. Alley cropping inga trees has been shown to restore ...

When it comes to drought-tolerant, fast-growing shade trees, few are as useful as the ice cream bean tree, Inga edulis (and its 300-plus related species). Although it grows like a tree, the ice cream ...

- ornamental evergreen tree with masses of white flowers; tropical and subtropical America ...

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