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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 />

NATURAL RANGE: South America from Brazil to Ecuador and south, perhaps<br />

having evolved in nor<strong>the</strong>rn Andean Argentina<br />

REFERENCES: Mujica et al. 2001, Wiersema and León 1999, Wilson and<br />

Heiser 1979<br />

Chenopodium incanum (S. W<strong>at</strong>son) Heller<br />

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

Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot)<br />

ENGLISH: chenopodium, mealy goosefoot<br />

USES/NOTES: Seeds are ground into meal and <strong>the</strong> plant is used as a<br />

po<strong>the</strong>rb or salad green.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Mexico and southwestern U.S. to South Dakota<br />

REFERENCES: Correll and Johnston 1970, Harrington 1967, Munz 1974<br />

Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. W<strong>at</strong>son<br />

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

Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot)<br />

ENGLISH: chenopodium, narrow-leaf goosefoot, narrow-leaf lambsquarters<br />

USES/NOTES: Seeds are ground into meal and <strong>the</strong> plant is used as a<br />

po<strong>the</strong>rb or salad green.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Western North America from Mexico to British Columbia<br />

REFERENCES: Dorn 1984, Harrington 1967, Moerman 1998, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968,<br />

Yanovsky 1936<br />

Chenopodium murale L.<br />

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

Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot)<br />

ENGLISH: Australian spinach, green f<strong>at</strong>-hen, lamb’s quarters, netleaf<br />

goosefoot, nettle-leaved goosefoot, salt greens, sowbane, wall<br />

goosefoot<br />

PORTUGUESE: pé-de-ganso<br />

SPANISH: pie de ganso, quinoa negra<br />

USES/NOTES: Seeds are edible parched and ground and <strong>the</strong> plant is used<br />

as a po<strong>the</strong>rb.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: uncertain, perhaps Old World, perhaps South America’s<br />

Pacific coast, now cosmopolitan<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Facciola<br />

1990, Wiersema and León 1999, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Chenopodium pallidicaule Aellen [syn. C. canihua Cook]<br />

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

Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot)<br />

ENGLISH: canihua, kaniwa<br />

SPANISH: aara, ahara hupa, ajara, ayara, cañagua, canahua, cañahua,<br />

cañigua, cañihua, cañiwa, cuchi-quinoa, iswalla hupa, kañagua,<br />

kañahua, kañawa, kañiwa, qañawi, quinua silvestre, quitacañigua<br />

USES/NOTES: Protein-rich seeds are toasted <strong>the</strong>n mixed with a variety<br />

<strong>of</strong> solid and liquid foodstuffs. Plant is tolerant <strong>of</strong> cold, drought,<br />

saline soils, and pests.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Andean Bolivia and Peru<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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