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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 />

Cordia calocephala Cham.<br />

FAMILY: Boraginaceae (borage)<br />

PORTUGUESE: clariaba<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987<br />

Cordia collococca L.<br />

FAMILY: Boraginaceae (borage)<br />

ENGLISH: clammy cherry, manjack<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987, Mabberley 1987, Miller 1988<br />

Cordia dodecandra A. DC. [syn. C. angiocarpa A. Rich.,<br />

Plethostephia angiocarpa (A. Rich.) Miers]<br />

FAMILY: Boraginaceae (borage)<br />

ENGLISH: laurel<br />

SPANISH: anacahuite, canalete, cericote, chacopte, chak k’ kopté,<br />

chak’opté, ciricote, cópite, cópite trampillo, cópte, cupape,<br />

cupapé, freijo, koop-té, k’oopté, k´opte´, kopté, kópte, laurel,<br />

peterebi, siricote, trompillo, zericote, ziricote<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible, though unfortun<strong>at</strong>ely <strong>the</strong> tree is<br />

less common in <strong>the</strong> wild due to over-harvest for its <strong>at</strong>tractive<br />

high quality, dark, hard wood used in cabinetry, flooring, and<br />

for carvings.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Mexico from <strong>the</strong> Yuc<strong>at</strong>án and Veracruz through<br />

Tabasco and Chiapas into Belize, Gu<strong>at</strong>emala, El Salvador,<br />

Honduras, and possibly to Cuba<br />

REFERENCES: Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Mabberley 1987, Martin et al. 1987,<br />

Molina 1975, Mutchnick and McCarthy 1997, Niembro Rocas 1992,<br />

Niembro Rocas 2002a, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Cordia grandiflora (Desv.) Kunth<br />

FAMILY: Boraginaceae (borage)<br />

PORTUGUESE: jaguara-muru<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Brazil to sou<strong>the</strong>rn Venezuela<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987, Steyermark et al. 1995<br />

Cordia lom<strong>at</strong>oloba I.M. Johnston<br />

FAMILY: Boraginaceae (borage)<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit is e<strong>at</strong>en by <strong>the</strong> Ka’apor <strong>of</strong> Brazil.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern Amazonian Brazil to <strong>the</strong> Guianas, sou<strong>the</strong>rn<br />

Venezuela, and Amazonian Ecuador<br />

REFERENCES: Balée 1994, Renner et al. 1990, Steyermark et al. 1995<br />

Cordia nodosa Lam.<br />

FAMILY: Boraginaceae (borage)<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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