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

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
SPANISH: arir, butía, palma yatay, yataí, yatay
USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp and seeds are edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Border region of Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina
REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Henderson et al. 1995, Jozamí and Muñoz
1983, Martin et al. 1987, OAS 1973, Uhl and Dransfield 1987
Byrsonima aerugo Sagot
FAMILY: Malpighiaceae (malpighia)
ENGLISH: sour pear
PORTUGUESE: muruci-da-mata
USES/NOTES: Fruit is eaten in Guyana.
NATURAL RANGE: Guyana, southern Venezuela, and Roraima, Brazil
REFERENCES: Johnston and Colquhoun 1996, Nunes 1998
Byrsonima chrysophylla Kunth [syn. B. peruviana A. Juss., B.
peruviana var. eglandulosa A. Juss.]
FAMILY: Malpighiaceae (malpighia)
PORTUGUESE: murici pinima
SPANISH: indano
USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible. Bark is medicinal in Brazil.
NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Brazil to lowland Peru and Venezuela
REFERENCES: Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Duke and Vásquez 1994, Martin et
al. 1987
Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth [syn. B. cinerea DC., B. cotinifolia
Kunth, B. ferruginea, Malpighia crassifolia L.] [B. cinerea
possibly not conspecific with B. crassifolia]
FAMILY: Malpighiaceae (malpighia)
ENGLISH: byrsonima, craboo, crapoo, golden spoon, huria, nance, wild
cherry
PORTUGUESE: mirixi, murici, murici-do-campo, murici-pitanga, muruchi,
muruci, muruci-da-praia, muruci-do-campo
SPANISH: agrio, chaparro changogo, changunga, chaparro de chinche,
chaparro manteca, chengua, chi, cimarrón, huizaa, mami-hña,
manteco, maricas, maricao cimarrón, maricao verde, nananche, nance,
nancé, nancé manteca, nanche, nancite, nancito, noro, palo de
gallina, paralejo, peraleja, peralejo, sabanero, tapal, tax, u-e,
u-eo, yaga-huizaa, yoco, yuco
USES/NOTES: Vitamin C rich, small yellow fruit (2cm) is consumed as
juice, in sweets and ice cream, as an ingredient in chicha, and as
a flavoring agent in liqueurs. Fruit also yields an edible butterlike
substance and is used as green dye. Wood is a charcoal source
and the plant is medicinal.
NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics, perhaps Mexico or Amazonia
REFERENCES: Anderson and Posey 1989, Bourke et al. 1987, Bye and
Linares 1990, Campbell 1984, Cavalcante 1991, Clement et al. 1982,
Duke 1986, Duke n.d., IBGE 1980, Leung 1961, Morton 1987a, Niembro
Rocas 1992, OAS 1973, Silva et al. 1977, Usher 1974, Will 1991,
Williams 1981
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