Distribution : "Cultivated from Colombia to northern Chile, and known with certainty only in cultivation, from sea level to 2700 m. Often grown under irrigation in the coastal desert of Peru." (Pennington 1997). Voir aussi
GBIF.
Type : "11.
I. Feuillei, foliolis 3-4-jugis ovali-oblongis utrinque acutis glabris, spicis subgeminis pedunculatis ovatis, leguminibus longissimis linearibus planis glabris. in Peruviâ et speciatim in hortis Limae culta.
Pacai Feuill. obs. 3. p. 2. p.
27.
t. 19 non Frézier.
Mimosa Sinemariensis Aubl. guian. 2. p.
945? Swartz fl. ind.
979? Flores albi. Legumina edulia 1-2-pedalia intus alba. †." [protologue].
Pérou, cultivé dans les jardins de Lima, L. Feuillée s.n. (HT: t.
19 in Feuillée, J. Obs., 3:
27-
28. 1725 [fide TL-2,
1767]).