Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Import Manual 1 - Phytosanitary ...

List of Approved Names
Introduction
Introduction
This section of the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Import Manual lists trade
names for fruits, vegetables, and herbs. Approved names (those that are
entered in the Reference Section) are listed in boldface type.
How to Use the List of Approved Names
1. Plants are listed and cross-referenced both by their scientific name and
common name(s). 1 Common names in boldfaced, capital letters are the
names entered in the Reference of this import manual. These
"boldfaced" listings also show other common names which are not
entered in the Reference.
EXAMPLE: KIWI, Actinidia chinensis, Chinese gooseberry
Actinidia chinensis, KIWI, Chinese gooseberry
The plant will be entered in the references as KIWI. There is another common
name for kiwi, Chinese gooseberry. This alternate name will be listed under
KIWI and under the scientific name for kiwi, Actinidia chinensis.
2. When foreign terms are listed, the listing will identify the specific
language.
EXAMPLE: Jobo [SPANISH], Spondias mombin., MOMBIN
Jobo is a Spanish name for mombin. The plant will be entered in the reference
section as MOMBIN, not by its Spanish name "jobo."
3. Plants listed in lower case with initial caps and no boldface are alternate
common names. The listing will show how the plant will be entered in
the Reference.
EXAMPLE: Chinese gooseberry, Actinidia chinensis, KIWI
1 Although there are no official regulations for the choices and spellings of common names, we need to be
consistent in how plants are to be entered in this manual by common names. Therefore, we will
collaborate with the Marketing and Transportation Research Branch of the Agricultural Marketing Service
to select the trade name that's most common in commerce. Sources for these names include "A
Checklist of Names for 3,000 Vascular Plants of Economic Importance," "Guide to the Generic Names
Appearing in the Index Kewensis," "An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants," "Hortus
Third," "Handbook of Nuts," and "Economic Botany," and publication of the Society for Economic Botany.
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