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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: North America<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Turner and Szczawinski 1979<br />

Cr<strong>at</strong>aegus uniflora Münchh.<br />

FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)<br />

ENGLISH: dwarf haw, one-flowered haw, one-flowered hawthorn<br />

USES/NOTES: Brownish-red, one cm fruit is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Florida and adjacent Georgia and Alabama<br />

REFERENCES: Godfrey 1988, Nelson 1994, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Cr<strong>at</strong>aeva gynandra L.<br />

FAMILY: Brassicaceae (brassica) or Capparidaceae (caper)<br />

ENGLISH: b<strong>at</strong>-and-ball<br />

PORTUGUESE: pau-d’alho, tapiá<br />

SPANISH: cachimbo amarillo, estrella, granado macho, manzana de<br />

playa, naranjillo, palo de guaco<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Tropical South America, perhaps Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Omawale 1973, Pérez-Arbeláez 1956<br />

Cr<strong>at</strong>aeva tapia L.<br />

FAMILY: Brassicaceae (brassica) or Capparidaceae (caper)<br />

ENGLISH: garlic pear, garlic pear tree<br />

PORTUGUESE: capança, pau-d’alho, tapiá, trapiá<br />

SPANISH: cachimbo, cahuara micuna, cascarón, colocmaax, kolo,<br />

kolokmaax, kolomaax, manzana de playa, palo de guaco, poporo,<br />

tamara blanca, tapia, tejoruco, trompo, xkolocmaax, yuy,<br />

zapotilla amarillo<br />

USES/NOTES: Ripe fruits are edible, bark is used to tre<strong>at</strong><br />

dysentery, as a tonic, and to reduce fevers, and roots are<br />

applied to blistered skin.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics<br />

REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Bolles 1997, Duke and Vásquez 1994, Espejo<br />

Serna et al. n.d., IBGE 1980, Martin et al. 1987, Silva et al.<br />

1977, UFA/NYBG n.d., Usher 1974<br />

Crepidospermum goudotianum (Tul.) Triana & Planchon<br />

FAMILY: Burseraceae (frankincense or torchwood)<br />

PORTUGUESE: bawã-piei-muka, breu-de-campina<br />

USES/NOTES: Aril is edible. Amerindians in Acre, Brazil also use<br />

<strong>the</strong> plant to tre<strong>at</strong> dizziness.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Tropical South America<br />

REFERENCES: Anderson and Posey 1989, UFA/NYBG n.d.<br />

Crepidospermum prancei Daly<br />

FAMILY: Burseraceae (frankincense or torchwood)<br />

SPANISH: copal blanco<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Tropical South America<br />

REFERENCES: Daly 1987a, Duke and Vásquez 1994<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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