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🍎 Ice Cream Bean

Inga edulis
fruits Tree Fabaceae
☀️ Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
💧 Water
Moderate
🗺️ Zones
9-12
🧪 Soil pH
5.5-7.0
🪴 Soil Type
Well-draining
🚿 Drainage
Well-drained
📏 Spacing
15-25 ft
📐 Height
30-60 ft

🤝 Companions (2)

🤝 Cacao
Nitrogen-fixing shade tree for cacao
🤝 Coffee
Traditional shade tree for coffee plantations

⚠️ Keep Apart (3)

⚠️ Fennel
Allelopathic - may inhibit growth
⚠️ Mint
Aggressive mint competes for resources
⚠️ Walnut
Susceptible to juglone toxicity from walnut trees

📝 Growing Notes

Fruit with sweet white pulp that tastes like vanilla ice cream. Nitrogen-fixing tree. Used as shade tree for coffee and cacao.

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