Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
limited success, hence brazil nuts are harvested from the wild. Due
to habitat loss, the tree is now considered threatened. Fibrous
bark of young specimens is used as a crude rope for lashing. A
medicinal tea is made from the fruit husks.
NATURAL RANGE: Probably originated in Amazonian Brazil and then spread
to Amazonian Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and Venezuela, and the
Guianas
REFERENCES: Balick 1985, Bourke et al. 1987, Branch and Silva 1983,
Cárdenas 1969, Cavalcante 1991, Duke and Vásquez 1994, Facciola
1990, IBGE 1980, IUCN 2002, Kermath (notes), La Rotta 1992,
Mabberley 1987, Mori and Prance 1990a, Prance and Mori 1979, Samson
1980, Silva et al. 1977, Smith et al. 1992, Soukup 1970, Taylor
1998, Uphof 1968, van Roosmalen 1985, von Reis Altschul 1973, Will
1991
Beta vulgaris L. subsp. cicla (L.) Koch
FAMILY: Amaranthaceae (amaranth or pigweed), previously
Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot)
ENGLISH: chard, Indian spinach, rainbow chard, seakale, seakale beet,
spinach beet, Swiss chard
PORTUGUESE: acelga, beterraba-branca, beterraba-campestre, roleso,
selga
SPANISH: acelga, armuelle
USES/NOTES: Leaves and stalks are eaten as cooked vegetables. Stalks
and leaf veins may be variably and intensly colored.
NATURAL RANGE: Southern Europe
REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Facciola 1990, Guia Rural n.d., IBGE
1980, Kermath (notes), Rehm and Espig 1991, Yamaguchi 1983
Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima (L.) Arcang.
FAMILY: Amaranthaceae (amaranth or pigweed), previously
Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot)
ENGLISH: sea spinach, wild sea beet
USES/NOTES: Leaf and stalk are eaten uncooked in salads when young and
as a cooked vegetable when mature.
NATURAL RANGE: Coastal Europe from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic
REFERENCES: Facciola 1990
Beta vulgaris L. subsp. vulgaris
FAMILY: Amaranthaceae (amaranth or pigweed), previously
Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot)
ENGLISH: beet, common beet, mangel wurzel, sugar beet
PORTUGUESE: beterraba
SPANISH: betabel, betabel azucarera, betarraga azucarera, betarrata
azucarera, beteraba, remolacha, remolacha azucarera
USES/NOTES: Hypocotyl, leaf, and root are edible. Sugar and molasses
are produced from the root of some varieties. Also grown as forage.
The sugar beet has been treated by some authors as B. vulgaris L.
var. conditiva and the common beet as B. vulgaris var. esculenta
Salisb.
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