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

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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Pacific coast range <strong>of</strong> North American from<br />

northwestern California to western British Columbia<br />

REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Facciola 1990<br />

Achyran<strong>the</strong>s aspera L. [syn. Achyran<strong>the</strong>s indica (L.) Mill.]<br />

FAMILY: Amaranthaceae (amaranth or pigweed)<br />

ENGLISH: man-better-man, prickly chaff flower, worry vine<br />

PORTUGUESE: prega-prega, rabo-de-co<strong>at</strong>i<br />

SPANISH: lengua de vaca, rabo de g<strong>at</strong>o<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaves are edible and medicinal. Ashes are used as a<br />

salt source.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Old World tropics, widely n<strong>at</strong>uralized<br />

REFERENCES: Bh<strong>at</strong> 1994, Duke n.d., Rojer 1997, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Acmella brachyglossa Cass.<br />

FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)<br />

PORTUGUESE: jambu, shia-pa<br />

USES/NOTES: Plant is used as a spice in Acre, Brazil.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics from sou<strong>the</strong>rn Mexico and perhaps <strong>the</strong><br />

Antilles to Paraguay<br />

REFERENCES: Hokche et al. 2008, Jansen 1985, MBG n.d., Stro<strong>the</strong>r<br />

1999, UFA/NYBG n.d.<br />

Acmella cili<strong>at</strong>a (Kunth) Cass.<br />

FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)<br />

PORTUGUESE: agrião, jambó, jambu<br />

SPANISH: botoncillo, botoncite, sesa<br />

USES/NOTES: Plant is used as a spice in Acre, Brazil and leaves are<br />

added to salads in <strong>the</strong> Manaus area <strong>of</strong> Brazil.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Tropical South America to Darién, Panama<br />

REFERENCES: Funk et al. 2007, Jansen 1985, MBG n.d., UFA/NYBG n.d.<br />

Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K. Jansen [syn. Spilan<strong>the</strong>s acmella var.<br />

oleracea (L.) C.B. Clarke ex Hook.f., Spilan<strong>the</strong>s oleracea beta.<br />

fusca (Lam.) DC., Spilanthus oleracea L. nomen illegit.]<br />

FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)<br />

ENGLISH: alphabet plant, Brazil cress, Brazilian cress, Pará cress,<br />

perennial Pará cress, spilan<strong>the</strong>s, toothache plant<br />

PORTUGUESE: abecedária, acmela, agrião, agrião-da-ilha-de-frança,<br />

agrião-da-m<strong>at</strong>a, agrião-do-Brasil, agrião-do-norte, agrião-do-<br />

Pará, agrião-silvestre, berro-do-pr<strong>at</strong>o, botão-de-ouro, cardaminado-pr<strong>at</strong>o,<br />

erva-das-crianças, erva-de-malaca, jambu, jambu-açu,<br />

jambu-do-rio, jambu-no-rio, jambu-rana, malaca, mastruço,<br />

mastruço-do-Pará, nhambu, pimenta-da-costa, pimenta-do-Pará,<br />

rainunculo-brasileiro<br />

SPANISH: berro de Pará, botón de oro, botoncillo, cres de Pará,<br />

yambo, yanuco<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaves, stems, and flower heads are added to salads and<br />

as an herb to popular Amazonian dishes th<strong>at</strong> contain tucupi (<strong>the</strong><br />

juice <strong>of</strong> Manihot esculenta) such as tacacá (shrimp/gum soup) or<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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