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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: Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Europe or <strong>the</strong> Middle East, widely cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed<br />

and n<strong>at</strong>uralized<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Duke 1992, Guia Rural 1990, Harris<br />

1972, IBGE 1980, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h Leung 1961, Mabberley 1987, Prance and<br />

Balick 1990, Schneider 1987, Sokolov 1991, Usher 1974<br />

Cinchona calisaya Wedd. [also C. ledgeriana Bern. Moens, C.<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficinalis L., C. pubescens Vahl (syn. C. cordifolia Mutis, C.<br />

succirubra Pavón ex Klotzsch)]<br />

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

ENGLISH: cinchona, crown bark (C. <strong>of</strong>ficinalis), loxa bark (C.<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficinalis), quinine, red cinchona (C. pubescens), yellow bark<br />

PORTUGUESE: cinchona, quina, quina-morada (C. pubescens), quinina,<br />

quinino<br />

SPANISH: calisaya, capirona del bajo, cascarilla, cascarilla<br />

amarilla, cinchona, costrona fina, loja, quina, quina roja,<br />

quinquina<br />

USES/NOTES: Bark (called cinchona bark) contains <strong>the</strong> alkaloid<br />

quinine used medicinally to tre<strong>at</strong> malaria, or to flavor beverages<br />

like tonic w<strong>at</strong>er, bitters, ice cream, and baked goods. C.<br />

calisaya is <strong>the</strong> principal commercial quinine source today, while<br />

C. pubescens was <strong>the</strong> first such source.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: C. calisaya and C. <strong>of</strong>ficinalis from montane forests<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> eastern tropical Andes (Colombia to Peru), some o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

species range into Central America<br />

REFERENCES: Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Brücher 1989, Cárdenas 1969,<br />

Facciola 1990, Hobhouse 1986, Houaiss 1982, Joyal 1987, Mabberley<br />

1987, OAS 1973, Purseglove 1968<br />

Cinnamomum verum J. Presl [syn. C. zeylanicum Nees, Laurus<br />

cinnamomum L.]<br />

FAMILY: Lauraceae (laurel)<br />

ENGLISH: Ceylon cinnamon, cinnamon, spice<br />

PORTUGUESE: canela, canela-da-Índia, canela-de-cheiro, canela-do-<br />

Ceilão, canela-verdadeira, cinamomo<br />

SPANISH: alcanfor, canela, canelo, canelo de Ceilán<br />

USES/NOTES: Bark is <strong>the</strong> source <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> commercial cinnamon spice,<br />

arom<strong>at</strong>ic oil is used as a flavoring agent and in incense and<br />

perfumes, and leaves are used as a spice.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Humid lowlands <strong>of</strong> southwestern India or Sri Lanka<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Carneiro Martins 1989, Duke 1986,<br />

Facciola 1990, Guia Rural n.d., IBGE 1980, Ilyas 1978, Oldfield<br />

1981, Omawale 1973<br />

Cirsium drummondii Torrey & A. Gray<br />

FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)<br />

ENGLISH: Drummond’s thistle, dwarf thistle<br />

SPANSIH: thistle enano<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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