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

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USES/NOTES: Leaves and flowers are edible. Also medicinal.
NATURAL RANGE: Mediterranean Europe
REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Creasy 1990, Guia Rural n.d., Pérez-
Arbeláez 1956, Schneider 1987, Uphof 1968
Borassus aethiopum Mart. [perhaps conspecific with B. flabellifer]
FAMILY: Arecaceae or Palmae (palm)
ENGLISH: African fan palm, black rhum palm, palmyra palm
PORTUGUESE: palmira
SPANISH: boraso, palma de palmira, palma palmira, palmira
USES/NOTES: Large (to >10cm), nearly round, yellow to brown fruits and
their seeds, which contain a whitish liquid endosperm, are edible,
sap is used for toddy, sugar, and vinegar, heart is eaten as a
vegetable, and leaves are a salt source.
NATURAL RANGE: Tropical Africa from Ethiopia to Ghana
REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Bourke et al. 1987, Facciola 1990,
Hoyas 1989, Mabberley 1987, Menninger 1987, Molina 1975, Morton
1988
Borassus flabellifer L. [perhaps conspecific with B. aethiopum]
FAMILY: Arecaceae or Palmae (palm)
ENGLISH: palmyra palm
PORTUGUESE: palmeira-da-Índia, palmira
SPANISH: boraso, palma de palmira, palma palmira, palmira
USES/NOTES: Fruits and seeds are edible, sap is used for toddy, sugar,
and vinegar, heart is eaten as a vegatable, and leaves are a salt
source.
NATURAL RANGE: Tropical Asia, perhaps Malaya
REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Facciola 1990, Hoyas 1989, Mabberley
1987, Menninger 1987, Morton 1988
Borojoa patinoi Cuatrec.
FAMILY: Rubiaceae (coffee or madder)
ENGLISH: borojo
SPANISH: borojó
USES/NOTES: Marketed locally for its esteemed fruit, often eaten
preserved or in desserts. Also medicinal.
NATURAL RANGE: Colombian Chocó, now spread to Ecuador, Panama, and
Costa Rica
REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Martin et al. 1987, Pérez-Arbeláez
1956, Ricker et al. 1997
Borojoa stipularis (Ducke) Cuatrec. [syn. Thieleodoxa stipularis
Ducke]
FAMILY: Rubiaceae (coffee or madder)
USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Brazil
REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987
Borrichia arborescens (L.) DC.
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