Ice-cream Bean (Noun)
Meaning
Ornamental evergreen tree with masses of white flowers; tropical and subtropical America.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Inca-Inca and or Ice-Cream-Bean are common names for the Inga edulis tree specie that provides shade and a show of snow-white fragrant flowers.
- Native to the humid tropical and subtropical regions and subtropical areas of Central and South America, the Ice-Cream-Bean is a flowering plant species.
- The Ice-Cream-Bean tree is native to Central and South America, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay, among others.
- The edible pulp was protected around the seeds of the Ice-Cream-Bean tree, is edible and sweet and provides good shade and a nutritious option.
- A semi-evergreen and flowering legume tree with common names - Ice cream tree or the Ice-Cream-Bean specie the Inga edulis tree - tolerates dry spells of up three months in Africa.