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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en as a refreshing snack in Amazonian<br />

Ecuador.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Tropical South America<br />

REFERENCES: Bennett et al. 2001, Davis and Yost 1983, UFA/NYBG n.d.<br />

Dimocarpus longan Lour. [syn. Euphoria nephelium L., Nephelium<br />

longana Cambess.]<br />

FAMILY: Sapindaceae (soapberry or soapwort)<br />

ENGLISH: longan, longyen, lungan<br />

PORTUGUESE: longan, longana, olho-de-boi, olho-de-dragão<br />

SPANISH: longán, mamoncillo chino<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit’s bitter-sweet, though pleasant, juicy aril,<br />

similar to <strong>the</strong> litchi (Litchi chinensis), is e<strong>at</strong>en fresh, dried,<br />

canned, and in jellies.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: India, sou<strong>the</strong>rn China, or Thailand<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Hoyas 1989, IBGE 1980, Johns and<br />

Stevenson 1985, Mabberley 1987, Martin et al. 1987, Mowry et al.<br />

1967, Will 1991<br />

Dioon edule Lindley<br />

FAMILY: Zamiaceae (zamia) or Cycadaceae (cycad)<br />

ENGLISH: chestnut dioon, dion, dioon, Mexican fern palm, sago palm<br />

SPANISH: chamal, palma de la virgen, palma de macetas<br />

USES/NOTES: Seeds are e<strong>at</strong>en boiled or roasted <strong>the</strong>n ground and used<br />

as a starchy flour for tortillas. Cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed as an ornamental.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern Mexico from sea level to about 1,500m in <strong>the</strong><br />

Sierra Madre Oriental<br />

REFERENCES: Dehgan 1983, Jones 1993, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Mabberley<br />

1987, Stevenson et al. 1990, Sturtevant 1972, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Dioscorea al<strong>at</strong>a L.<br />

FAMILY: Dioscoreaceae (yam)<br />

ENGLISH: Chinese yam, gre<strong>at</strong>er Asi<strong>at</strong>ic yam, gre<strong>at</strong>er yam, Guyana<br />

arrowroot, Lisbon yam, ten months yam, w<strong>at</strong>er yam, white yam,<br />

winged yam<br />

PORTUGUESE: cará-branco, cará-chinês, cará-cultivado, cará-da-<br />

Guiné, cará-de-agua, cará-de-Angola, cará-inhame, inhame-da-<br />

China, inhame-da-Índia, inhame-liso, sachapapa<br />

SPANISH: cabeza de negro, cará, chami papa, igname, iñame, malli,<br />

mallica, ñame asiático, ñame blanco, ñame chino, ñame de agua,<br />

ñame de mina, ñame grande, ñame mayor de Asia, ñame morado, ñame<br />

peludo, ñampi, nang<strong>at</strong>e, ñang<strong>at</strong>e, papa de montaña, tabena, tus,<br />

yame blanco<br />

USES/NOTES: The most widely cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed Dioscorea species is grown<br />

for its edible bulbils and large starchy tubers, which may weigh<br />

50 kilograms. Large heart-shaped leaves and winged stems<br />

characterize this fast growing vine.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: South or Sou<strong>the</strong>ast Asia, perhaps near <strong>the</strong> Bay <strong>of</strong><br />

Bengal, n<strong>at</strong>uralized and pestiferous in warm regions<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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