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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 />

Chelyocarpus ulei Dammer<br />

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

PORTUGUESE: chila, xila<br />

SPANISH: sacha aguajillo, sacha bombanaje, ushpa aguaje<br />

USES/NOTES: Stems are burned for vegetable salt.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonia Peru just into adjacent Brazil, Colombia, and<br />

Ecuador<br />

REFERENCES: Duke and Vásquez 1994, Henderson et al. 1995, UFA/NYBG<br />

n.d.<br />

Chemerion l<strong>at</strong>ifolium (L.) Holub [syn. Chamaenerion l<strong>at</strong>ifolium (L.)<br />

T.C.E. Fries & Lange]<br />

FAMILY: Onagraceae (evening primrose)<br />

ENGLISH: dwarf fireweed, river beauty<br />

USES/NOTES: Young leaves and shoots are e<strong>at</strong>en cooked and m<strong>at</strong>ure leaves<br />

are used as tea.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: North temper<strong>at</strong>e regions<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Fernald et al. 1958, Gibbons and Tucker<br />

1979, Peterson 1977<br />

Chenopodium album L.<br />

FAMILY: Amaranthaceae (amaranth or pigweed), previously<br />

Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot)<br />

ENGLISH: common lambsquarters, f<strong>at</strong>-hen, goosefoot, lamb’s quarters,<br />

lambsquarters, pigweed, white goosefoot<br />

PORTUGUESE: anserina-branca, quenopódio<br />

SPANISH: anserina, armuelle, cenizo, cenizo blanco, ceñiglo, quelite,<br />

quenopodio<br />

USES/NOTES: Young leaves are used as a po<strong>the</strong>rb and seeds are used as<br />

flour. Fruits are fed to chickens. Seeds were possibly an important<br />

food for early inhabitants <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> North America.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Temper<strong>at</strong>e North and South America<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Duke 1992, Ford 1984, Leung 1961,<br />

Mabberley 1987, Miller 1960, Rehm and Espig 1991, Smith 1984, Usher<br />

1974, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Chenopodium ambrosioides L. [syn. C. ambrosioides L. var.<br />

an<strong>the</strong>lmiticus (L.) A. Gray, C. an<strong>the</strong>lminticum L., Teloxys<br />

ambrosioides (L.) Weber]<br />

FAMILY: Amaranthaceae (amaranth or pigweed), previously<br />

Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot)<br />

ENGLISH: American goosefoot, American wormseed, bitter weed, epazote,<br />

goosefoot, hedge mustard, Jerusalem parsley, Jerusalem tea, Mexican<br />

tea, skunkweed, Spanish tea, sweet pigweed, West Indian goosefoot,<br />

wormseed, wormweed<br />

PORTUGUESE: ambrósia, anserina-vermifuga, caacica, cravinho-do-m<strong>at</strong>o,<br />

erva-de-Santa-Maria, erva-formigueira, erva-santa, formigueira,<br />

herva-das-cobras, herva-das-lombrigas, herva-de-Santa-Maria, herva<br />

santa, herva vomiqueira, lombrigueira, mastruço, mastruz,<br />

menstruço, menstrusco, mentrusco, mentrusto, mentruz<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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