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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 />

ENGLISH: gumbo limbo, naked Indian, red birch, turpentine tree, West<br />

Indian birch<br />

SPANISH: almácigo, caraña, car<strong>at</strong>e, car<strong>at</strong>ero, chaca, chacah, chaco,<br />

chakaj, chibu, cucheme, ginicuiste, gumbolimbo, incienso, indio<br />

desnudo, isicaguo, jicuite, jiñocuavo, jinote, jiote, jobo liso,<br />

mara, marare, mararo, mul<strong>at</strong>o, palo chino, palo de incienso, palo<br />

jiote, palo mul<strong>at</strong>o, pellejo de indio, picagua, quiote, resbalamono,<br />

sasafrás<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaves are made into tea (primarily medicinal), resin has<br />

been used to flavor confections, and young shoots are said to be<br />

e<strong>at</strong>en as a cooked vegetable. Also <strong>the</strong> source <strong>of</strong> chibou, cachibou,<br />

or gomart resin, used in varnishes, incense, and medicines.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: South Florida, <strong>the</strong> Antilles, Mexico, Central America,<br />

Venezuela, and <strong>the</strong> Guianas<br />

REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Duke n.d., Facciola 1990, FUDENA n.d., Nellis<br />

1994, Nelson 1994, Niembro Rocas 1992, Niembro Rocas 1993, OAS<br />

1973, Schlesinger 2002<br />

Butia capit<strong>at</strong>a (Mart.) Becc. [syn. Cocos capit<strong>at</strong>a Mart., C. odor<strong>at</strong>a<br />

Barb. Rodr., C. pulposa Barb. Rodr., Cocos australis nomen<br />

illegit.]<br />

FAMILY: Arecaceae or Palmae (palm)<br />

ENGLISH: butia palm, jelly palm, pindo palm, wine palm<br />

PORTUGUESE: butiá, butiá-açu, butiá-azedo, butiá-da-praia,<br />

butiazeiro, cabeçudo, coco-azedinho, coqueiro-cabeçudo<br />

SPANISH: butiá<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is e<strong>at</strong>en fresh or jellied, juice is used for<br />

vinegar, and <strong>the</strong> seed is an edible oil source. The tree is also<br />

grown as an ornamental throughout <strong>the</strong> tropics and subtropics for<br />

its blue/green fea<strong>the</strong>r-like, pinn<strong>at</strong>e leaves, small size (to five<br />

meters), and cold hardiness.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern Brazil from Bahia and Goiás south into Uruguay<br />

REFERENCES: Henderson et al. 1995, IBGE 1980, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Maixner<br />

1977/78, Martin et al. 1987, Mentz et al. 1997, Pereira and<br />

Aparecida n.d., W<strong>at</strong>kins and Sheehan 1975<br />

Butia eriosp<strong>at</strong>ha Becc. [syn. Cocos eriosp<strong>at</strong>ha Mart. ex Drude]<br />

FAMILY: Arecaceae or Palmae (palm)<br />

PORTUGUESE: butiá, butiá-da-serra, butiá-verdadeiro, i<strong>at</strong>aí<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible and used to make an alcoholic<br />

beverage.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Henderson et al. 1995, IBGE 1980, Martin et al. 1987,<br />

Mentz et al. 1997<br />

Butia y<strong>at</strong>ay Becc. [syn. B. capit<strong>at</strong>a subsp. y<strong>at</strong>ay (Mart.) Herter nomen<br />

illegit., Cocos y<strong>at</strong>ay Mart., Syagrus y<strong>at</strong>ay (Mart.) Glassman]<br />

FAMILY: Arecaceae or Palmae (palm)<br />

ENGLISH: jelly palm, y<strong>at</strong>ay palm<br />

PORTUGUESE: coqueiro-y<strong>at</strong>ay<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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