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Caladium schomburgkii Schott
FAMILY: Araceae (arum or aroid)
ENGLISH: caladium
SPANISH: napiniu wanchup, tsánku
USES/NOTES: The rhizome is eaten in eastern Ecuador.
NATURAL RANGE: Guianas, Venezuela, and adjacent Amazonian Brazil,
perhaps to eastern Ecuador where it is cultivated
REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Bennett et al. 2001, Madison 1981,
MBG n.d., Steyermark et al. 1995
Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pavón) DC. [syn. C. menziesii (Hook.)
Torrey & A. Gray, C. micrantha Schltdl.]
FAMILY: Portulacaceae (purslane)
ENGLISH: redmaids, rock purslane
PORTUGUESE: beldroega
SPANISH: hierba San Nicolás
USES/NOTES: Twigs and leaves are used as a potherb or garnish and
black seeds are edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Western North America to Bolivia
REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Hickman 1993, Leung 1961, Uphof
1968
Calathea allouia (Aublet) Lindley [syn. C. macrosepala Schumann, C.
violacea (Roscoe) Lindley, Allouya americana Lam.]
FAMILY: Marantaceae (arrowroot)
ENGLISH: allouya, calathea, dale-dale, dali-dali, leren, Guinea
arrowroot, sweet corm root, sweet corn root, tambu, tampo, topeetambo,
topee-tambu, topi-tambo, topi-tamboo, topinambour,
topeetampo
FRENCH: alléluia, touple nambours
PORTUGUESE: ariá, batata-ariá, cauaçu, cauassu, láirem
SPANISH: agua bendita, ariá, bijao, casupo, chufle, cocurito, dale,
dale-dale, faldita morada, irwa, kakiska, láiren, lairén, leren,
lerén, lerenes, llerén, llerenes, macús, maxán, motelilla enana,
sal, tambu, topitambo, tumpinambou, uariá, yeren, yerén
USES/NOTES: Starchy rhizomes store well and are eaten like potatoes,
young flower clusters are eaten cooked, young shoots are eaten
cooked, and mature leaves are used to wrap food, make blankets,
mattresses, pillows, umbrellas, and baskets. Leaves also are
medicinal in parts of South America. Cultivated or collected from
the wild.
NATURAL RANGE: Northern South America and the West Indies, possibly to
western Amazonia, introduced elsewhere
REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Bailey Hortorium 1976, Bennett et al. 2001,
Bueno and Weigel 1981, Denevan 1985, Duke 1986, Duke and Vásquez
1994, Facciola 1990, Gragson 1997, IBGE 1980, Kay 1973, León 1987,
Leung 1961, Mabberley 1987, Martin and Cabanillas 1976, Noda et al.
1984, Noda et al. 1994, OAS 1973, Padoch and de Jong 1991, Posey
1985, Rehm and Espig 1991, Soukup 1970, Yamaguchi 1983
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