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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 California, Arizona, New Mexico and <strong>the</strong><br />

adjacent Mexican st<strong>at</strong>es <strong>of</strong> Baja California del Norte, Chihuahua,<br />

and Sonora<br />

REFERENCES: Couplan 1998, Dimmitt 2000, Munz 1974<br />

Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché [syn. Pepo ficifolia Britton, P.<br />

malabaricus Sagaret]<br />

FAMILY: Cucurbitaceae (gourd)<br />

ENGLISH: black-seed squash, cidra, figleaf gourd, malabar gourd,<br />

sidra, victoria squash<br />

PORTUGUESE: abóbora-chila, cafuzo, mestiço, mul<strong>at</strong>o, vitória-régia,<br />

zambo<br />

SPANISH: alcay<strong>at</strong>a, alcayota, alcayota común, alcayote, cabello de<br />

ángel, cayote, chilacayote, chilacayotl, chiberre, chiverre,<br />

cidra, cidra cayote, cidracayote, cucurbita, lacahuiti, lacayote,<br />

pepian, sidra, tzilacayote, tzilacayotli, victoria, vitoria,<br />

zambo<br />

USES/NOTES: Young fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en like zucchini squash (C. pepo),<br />

large m<strong>at</strong>ure fruits (<strong>of</strong>ten as alrge as and resembling large<br />

w<strong>at</strong>ermelons) are sweet and used for desserts, and seeds are e<strong>at</strong>en<br />

roasted prepared with honey and e<strong>at</strong>en as a desert in Chiapas,<br />

Mexico known as palanquetas. Fruits keep exceptionally well. Also<br />

reported to cause nausea.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Domestic<strong>at</strong>ed species probably origin<strong>at</strong>ed in <strong>the</strong><br />

nor<strong>the</strong>rn Andean highlands, or perhaps highland Mexico or Central<br />

America<br />

REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984, Bourke et al. 1987, Brücher 1989, Cárdenas<br />

1969, Coe 1994, Heiser 1979b, Hernández Bermejo and León 1994,<br />

Houaiss 1982, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), León 1987, Mabberley 1987, Martin<br />

1984b, Naranjo 1991, Nee 1990, NRC 1989, OAS 1973, Sauer 1993<br />

Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth<br />

FAMILY: Cucurbitaceae (gourd)<br />

ENGLISH: buffalo gourd, chili coyote, coyote gourd, fetid gourd,<br />

Missouri gourd, stinking gourd, wild pumpkin, wild pumpkin gourd<br />

SPANISH: aala, aisiki arisi, alidimai, ara chiki, calabacilla,<br />

calabacilla amarga, calabacilla de burro<br />

USES/NOTES: Seeds are ground for mush or dried and salted. Roots<br />

are processed for <strong>the</strong>ir starch and protein.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Southwest Texas and Mexico<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Kindscher 1987, Lira and Caballero 2002,<br />

Tull 1978<br />

Cucurbita maxima Duchesne<br />

FAMILY: Cucurbitaceae (gourd)<br />

ENGLISH: acorn squash, autumn squash, gourd, hubbard squash,<br />

mammoth squash, melon pumpkin, pumpkin, squash gourd, winter<br />

squash<br />

PORTUGUESE: abóbora, abóbora menina, jerimum, girimu, moranga<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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