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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 />

USES/NOTES: Small nut is <strong>of</strong> good quality and is e<strong>at</strong>en raw, cooked,<br />

or ground as flour. The large shrub is considered a pest for its<br />

thicket-forming habit and rough texture, which makes it nearly<br />

impenetrable.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern to north-central North America<br />

REFERENCES: FNAEC 1997, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Mabberley 1987, Usher 1974<br />

Corylus avellana L. [also C. maxima Miller]<br />

FAMILY: Betulaceae (birch) or Corylaceae (hazelnut)<br />

ENGLISH: European hazel (C. avellana), European hazelnut (C.<br />

avellana), filbert, giant filbert, hazelnut<br />

PORTUGUESE: avelã<br />

SPANISH: avellana, avellana común, avellana grande, avellano,<br />

avellano turco (C. maxima)<br />

USES/NOTES: Nut is e<strong>at</strong>en raw, in pastries, or made into butter. Nut<br />

oil is used in food prepar<strong>at</strong>ions, and <strong>the</strong> leaf is medicinal.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: C. avellana from eastern Europe to Iran, n<strong>at</strong>uralized<br />

in British Columbia, C. maxima from <strong>the</strong> Balkan Peninsula through<br />

Turkey to <strong>the</strong> Caucuses<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, FNAEC 1997, IBGE 1980, Leung 1961,<br />

Rehm and Espig 1991, Schneider 1987, Usher 1974, Zohary and Hopf<br />

1993<br />

Corylus cornuta subsp. californica (A. DC.) E. Murray [syn. C.<br />

californica (A. DC.) Rose]<br />

FAMILY: Betulaceae (birch) or Corylaceae (hazelnut)<br />

ENGLISH: California hazel, California hazelnut<br />

PORTUGUESE: avelã<br />

SPANISH: avellana, avellano<br />

USES/NOTES: Nut is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Western North America from sou<strong>the</strong>rn British Columbia<br />

to central California<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, FNAEC 1997, Usher 1974, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Corylus cornuta Marshall subsp. cornuta [syn. C. rostr<strong>at</strong>a Aiton]<br />

FAMILY: Betulaceae (birch) or Corylaceae (hazelnut)<br />

ENGLISH: beaked hazel, beaked hazelnut, hazelnut<br />

PORTUGUESE: avelã<br />

SPANISH: avellana, avellano<br />

USES/NOTES: Nut is e<strong>at</strong>en raw, in baked goods, or ground into meal,<br />

and is used in liqueurs.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America to western Canada<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, FNAEC 1997, Usher 1974, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Coryphantha vivipara var. arizonica (Engelm.) W.T. Marshall [syn.<br />

C. arizonica Engelm.]<br />

FAMILY: Cactaceae (cactus)<br />

ENGLISH: sour cactus<br />

USES/NOTES: Sour green fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en dried.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Arizona perhaps into Utah and nor<strong>the</strong>rn Mexico<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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