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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 />

Cucumis metuliferus E. Meyer ex Naudin<br />

FAMILY: Cucurbitaceae (gourd)<br />

ENGLISH: African horned melon, horned cucumber, jelly-melon, kiwano<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Africa<br />

REFERENCES: Morton 1987b, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1987<br />

Cucumis s<strong>at</strong>ivus L.<br />

FAMILY: Cucurbitaceae (gourd)<br />

ENGLISH: cucumber, gherkin (when imm<strong>at</strong>ure)<br />

PORTUGUESE: pepino<br />

SPANISH: cohombro, cohombros, machicho, pepinillo, pepino de<br />

castilla, pepino<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en as a vegetable or pickled and contain<br />

an edible oil. Seeds are edible roasted or raw. Imm<strong>at</strong>ure fruits<br />

are called gherkins.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Himalayas <strong>of</strong> India<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Duke 1986, Guia Rural n.d., León<br />

1987, Leung 1961, OAS 1973, Omawale 1973, Soukup 1970, Usher<br />

1974, Yamaguchi 1983<br />

Cucurbita argyrosperma J.C. Huber subsp. argyrosperma [syn. C.<br />

argyrosperma J.C. Huber var. callicarpa Merrick & D.M. B<strong>at</strong>es, C.<br />

mixta Pangalo, C. mosch<strong>at</strong>a (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poiret<br />

var. argyrosperma Naudin]<br />

FAMILY: Cucurbitaceae (gourd)<br />

ENGLISH: cushaw, greenstripe cushaw, mixta squash, pipian, pumpkin,<br />

winter squash<br />

PORTUGUESE: abóbora moranga, jerimum<br />

SPANISH: ayote, calabaza, calabaza de pepita gruesa, calabaza<br />

pinta, calabaza pipiana, chihua, ka, pipián, pipitoria, sakil,<br />

saquil, tamalayote, xka<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is e<strong>at</strong>en as a vegetable, seeds are e<strong>at</strong>en<br />

roasted, and flowers are e<strong>at</strong>en fried. The plant was domestic<strong>at</strong>ed<br />

by <strong>at</strong> least 7,000 years ago in <strong>the</strong> highlands <strong>of</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn Mexico.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Highlands <strong>of</strong> Mexico and Gu<strong>at</strong>emala<br />

REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984, Berg 1984, Bourke et al. 1987, CONANP<br />

2006, León 1987, Mabberley 1987, Naranjo 1991, NRC 1989,<br />

Purseglove 1968, Rehm and Espig 1991, Usher 1974, Wiersema and<br />

León 1999<br />

Cucurbita digit<strong>at</strong>a A. Gray<br />

FAMILY: Cucurbitaceae (gourd)<br />

ENGLISH: coyote gourd, fingerleaf gourd, finger-leaved gourd<br />

SPANISH: calabacilla, calabaza amarga, chichicayote, meloncillo,<br />

melón de coyote<br />

USES/NOTES: Protein-rich seed is edible, but fruit pulp is<br />

poisonous. The name coyote is <strong>of</strong>ten used with wild rel<strong>at</strong>ives <strong>of</strong><br />

domestic<strong>at</strong>ed plants in southwestern North America.<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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