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

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
ENGLISH: Barbados flower fence, Barbados pride, bird of Paradise
flower, flower fence, paradise flower, peacock flower, pride of
Barbados
PORTUGUESE: árvore-da-ave-do-paraíso, barba-de-barata, brio-deestudante,
chagas-de-Jesus, chagueira, flamboianzinho, flor-da-avedo-paraíso,
flor-de-pavão, flor-do-paraíso, maravilha, poincianaanã,
renda-de-ouro
SPANISH: angelite, clavellina, flor de pavo, gallito, ponciana,
tabachín
USES/NOTES: Young seeds and yellow flowers are said to be edible,
though the plant is also a purgative and has been used to treat
epilepsy.
NATURAL RANGE: Tropical Asia, now pantropical
REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Accorsi et al. n.d., Bourke et al. 1987,
Bailey Hortorium 1976, Duke n.d., Facciola 1990, Mabberley 1987,
Voeks 1997
Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. [syn. C. bicolor DC., C. cajan (L.) Huth
var. bicolor, C. flavus DC., C. indicus (L.) Millsp., C. indicus
Sprengel]
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or pea)
ENGLISH: Angola pea, arhar dahl (dwarf variety, C. cajan var. bicolor
DC.), bush bean, Congo bean, Congo pea, dahl, gandul, green pea,
gungo pea, no-eye pea, pigeon pea, red gram, yellow dahl
PORTUGUESE: andu, andu-feijão, feijão-andu, feijão-crista, feijãocuandu,
feijão-guando, feijão-guiné, feijão-quandu, feijão-setecamadas,
guando, guandu-de-fava-larga
SPANISH: alberja, alverja, arbeja, arveja, cachito, cascabelillo,
cerudo, chícaro de árbol, chícaro de cumaná, chicaros, chícharo,
chícharo de árbol, chícharo de paloma, chícharo de vaca,
chimbolito, cumandá, cumandá-ibiraí, frejol cerudo, fréjol de palo,
frijol canario, frijol chino, frijol de palo, frijol de gandul,
frijol gandul, frijol quinchoncho, frijoles del monte, frijolillo,
gandal, gandul, gandules, garbanzo falso, guand (dwarf variety),
guando, guandó, guandu, guandú, guandul, guardarraya, guisante de
Angola, guisante de paloma, guisante enano, ibiraí, kumandá ibiraí,
lenteja, poroto gandul, puspo-poroto, puspu-poroto, quimbolillo,
quinchoncillo, quinchoncho, quinconcho, timbolillo
USES/NOTES: Young pods are eaten as a vegetable, and dried seeds are
eaten boiled and mashed or ground into flour. Important in many
tropical countries for forage, ground cover, hedges, windbreaks,
and medicine.
NATURAL RANGE: Probably eastern-central Africa to Egypt, previously
thought to have come from India
REFERENCES: Austin and Bourne 1992, Borget 1992, Bourke et al. 1987,
Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Duke 1981, Duke 1986, Duke and Vásquez
1994, IBGE 1980, Kay 1979, Kermath (notes), Mabberley 1987, Martin
1984a, Omawale 1973, OAS 1973, Singh and Singh 1992, Soukup 1970,
Vásquez and Gentry 1989, von Reis Altschul and Lipp 1982
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