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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 />

PORTUGUESE: palmeira-rabo-de-peixe<br />

SPANISH: palma de sagú de Malabar, palmera de sagú de Malabar<br />

USES/NOTES: Terminal bud and heart are e<strong>at</strong>en as a cooked vegetable,<br />

stem juice is made into alcoholic beverages and is a sugar source,<br />

and stem is a starch source. Also ornamental.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Asia<br />

REFERENCES: Blombery and Rodd 1982, Bourke et al. 1987, Facciola 1990,<br />

Standley and Steyermark 1958, Tabora et al. 1993, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Casasia clusiifolia (Jacq.) Urban [syn. Genipa clusiifolia (Jacq.)<br />

Grisb.]<br />

FAMILY: Rubiaceae (c<strong>of</strong>fee or madder)<br />

ENGLISH: seven-year apple<br />

USES/NOTES: After <strong>the</strong> pear-shaped, green fruit ripens and becomes<br />

prune-like in appearance, its seedy, dark pulp is e<strong>at</strong>en. Some say<br />

it tastes like licorice, o<strong>the</strong>rs like a dried apple.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: West Indies to South Florida<br />

REFERENCES: Bush and Morton n.d., Long and Lakela 1971, Morton 1977,<br />

Nellis 1994, Nelson 1994, Taylor 1998<br />

Casearia combaymensis Tul.<br />

FAMILY: Flacourtiaceae (flacourtia)<br />

PORTUGUESE: piabinha<br />

SPANISH: shulla muyo<br />

USES/NOTES: Shrub to small tree has a yellow fruit with an aril th<strong>at</strong><br />

is e<strong>at</strong>en in Amazonian Brazil.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Tropical South America<br />

REFERENCES: Boom 1989, MBG n.d., Silva et al. 1977, Vásquez 1997<br />

Casearia corymbosa Kunth [syn. C. pringlei Briq.]<br />

FAMILY: Flacourtiaceae (flacourtia)<br />

ENGLISH: casearia<br />

SPANISH: cafecito de costa, canjura, cerillo, cerito, chilam<strong>at</strong>e,<br />

comida de culebra, coralillo, frutilla, p<strong>at</strong>a de cotuza, plomillo<br />

blanco, raspa lengua, raspa guacal, tica, vara blanca<br />

USES/NOTES: Yellow to red fruit’s red aril is edible, but <strong>the</strong> plant is<br />

poisonous. Casearia nitida (L.) Jacq. May be conspecific.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Central Mexico and <strong>the</strong> Caribbean to Colombia and<br />

Venezuela<br />

REFERENCES: Fouqué 1973, MBG n.d., Pool and Smith 2001<br />

Casearia decandra Jacq. [syn. C. parviflora Willd. nomen illegit., C.<br />

nitida Sieber ex Grisebach nomen illegit.]<br />

FAMILY: Flacourtiaceae (flacourtia)<br />

ENGLISH: biscuitwood, pipewood, wild honey-tree<br />

FRENCH: bois jaune, caca ravet, caséaria á petites, feuilles, jaune<br />

d’oeut<br />

SPANISH: cerezo, cerito, cotorrelillo, fortuga capsi, gia mausa, limón<br />

capsi, machacomo, tapaculo, tostado.<br />

USES/NOTES: Red fruit’s aril is edible.<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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