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

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
and young leaf bases are eaten cooked. Also grown as a living fence
and a medicinal.
NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics from Mexico to Ecuador
REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984, Bennett 2000, Horst 1992a, Hoyas 1989,
Kermath (notes), Leung 1961, OAS 1973, Uphof 1968, Usher 1974,
Williams 1981
Bromelia trianae Mez ex Mez
FAMILY: Bromeliaceae (pineapple)
SPANISH: piñuela
USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Colombia
REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987, Smith and Downs 1979
Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn.
FAMILY: Gramineae or Poaceae (grass)
ENGLISH: California brome
USES/NOTES: Seeds of this drought tolerant perennial are edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Western U.S. and Mexico
REFERENCES: Breedlove 1986, Munz 1974, Yanovsky 1936
Bromus catharticus Vahl [syn. B. angustatus Pilg., B. unioloides
Kunh]
FAMILY: Gramineae or Poaceae (grass)
USES/NOTES: Seeds are eaten by Amerindians of Chile.
NATURAL RANGE: Widespread in the Americas from southern Canada to
Argentina and Chile, occuring in the highlands in the tropics
REFERENCES: Hickman 1993, Peterson and Planchuelo 1998, Schmeda-
Hirschmann et al. 1999
Bromus mango E. Desv.
FAMILY: Gramineae or Poaceae (grass)
SPANISH: mango
USES/NOTES: Seeds are edible, once an important food of Amerindians of
the southern Andes.
NATURAL RANGE: Southern Argentina and Chile
REFERENCES: Marticorena and Quezada 1985, Zeven and de Wet 1982,
Zuloaga et al. 1994
Bromus porteri (J.M. Coulter) Nash [may include B. anomalus Rupr. ex
Fourn.]
FAMILY: Gramineae or Poaceae (grass)
ENGLISH: brome, Porter brome, Porter’s chess
SPANISH: bromo cebadillo, bromo frondoso
USES/NOTES: Plant is used as a yeast source in the production of
tesgüino, an alcoholic beverage of northern Mexico important in
Rarámuri (Tarahumara) culture. Some resources suggest that B.
porteri may be synonymous with B. anomalus.
NATURAL RANGE: B. porteri is more restricted from southern Mexico to
portions of New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado, whereas B. anomalus
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