“Tolerance”
Scale 1:20
Mixed media
4″ tall
Model for a Sculpture
“Tolerance” presents Ingá-do-brejo
Ingá-do-brejo or Ingazeiro, is the proposed tree for the fifth station of the park. There are circa 300 species of the genus Inga, and we turn our attention to the Inga uruguensis. It belongs to the Fabaceae family.
“Ingá” originates from the word in-gá in the Tupi indians language, which possibly means soaked. The Ingá-do-brejo is commonly found along rivers and ponds and might be used in locations of excessive humidity.
It is also used for producing shade over coffee plants. Its flowers are generally white, and the pulp covering its seeds is lightly fibrous and sweet, and rich in minerals.
A noteworthy aspect of its leaves is that a leaf-like shape grows along its branches. Something that we are not used to see. After all, a leaf is a leaf and a branch is a branch, some would say.
Some people have fingernails, teeth, or ears with differentiated shapes. Others have natural hair in unusual colors or skin marks. Accepting these rare facts… wouldn’t this be a way of practicing tolerance ?
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