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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 />

REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984<br />

Dioscorea oppositifolia L. [syn. D. b<strong>at</strong><strong>at</strong>as Decne.]<br />

FAMILY: Dioscoreaceae (yam)<br />

ENGLISH: Chinese pot<strong>at</strong>o, Chinese yam, cinnamon vine, cinnamon yam<br />

PORTUGUESE: cará-amarela, inhame-da-China<br />

SPANISH: ñame de China, yampi<br />

USES/NOTES: Cold-hardy, mucilaginous tuber is e<strong>at</strong>en in a variety <strong>of</strong><br />

cooked dishes and is <strong>the</strong> source <strong>of</strong> Guiana arrowroot starch.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Tropical Asia, perhaps sou<strong>the</strong>rn China or Malaysia<br />

REFERENCES: Chu and Figueiredo-Ribeiro 1991, Kay 1973, Facciola<br />

1990, Kitajima et al. 1979, Mabberley 1987, Rehm and Espig 1991<br />

Dioscorea rotund<strong>at</strong>a Poiret<br />

FAMILY: Dioscoreaceae (yam)<br />

ENGLISH: eight months yam, Guinea yam, negro yam, Portuguese yam,<br />

proper yam, white Guinea yam, white yam<br />

PORTUGUESE: cará-branco, inhame-de-guine<br />

SPANISH: ñame blanco, ñame blanco de Guinea<br />

USES/NOTES: Widely cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed in <strong>the</strong> Antilles and West Africa for<br />

its edible tuber. Similar to D. cayenensis.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: West Africa<br />

REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Chu and Figueiredo-Ribeiro 1991, Kay 1973,<br />

O’Hair 1984, OAS 1973, Rodríguez Martínez 1987<br />

Dioscorea trifida L.f.<br />

FAMILY: Dioscoreaceae (yam)<br />

ENGLISH: bell yam, cush-cush yam, igname, Indian yam, mapuey yam,<br />

sweet yam, wild pot<strong>at</strong>o, yampee, yampi, yampie<br />

PORTUGUESE: b<strong>at</strong><strong>at</strong>a-nambu, cará-doce, cará-mimoso, caraquento,<br />

inambu, inhame-caraquento, inhame-da-terra<br />

SPANISH: aja, ajé, mallica, mapuey, ñame, ñame cush-cush, ñame de<br />

la India, ñame mapuey, ñame morado, ñame papa, ñame vino, ñame<br />

ycampi, ñampí, papa de montaña, pëa, sacha papa, sacha papa<br />

morada, yampé, yampí<br />

USES/NOTES: Early domestic<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> Amerindians, <strong>the</strong> tubers are easily<br />

digested. Also harvested from wild popul<strong>at</strong>ions. Uncooked rhizome<br />

is medicinal.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Nor<strong>the</strong>rn South America, perhaps Guyana from where it<br />

may have spread n<strong>at</strong>urally through <strong>the</strong> Caribbean to <strong>the</strong><br />

sou<strong>the</strong>astern U.S.<br />

REFERENCES: Balée 1994, Bennett et al. 2001, Boom 1987, Chu and<br />

Figueiredo-Ribeiro 1991, Duke and Vásquez 1994, Gragson 1997,<br />

IBGE 1980, Kay 1973, León 1987, Martin and Degras 1978, O’Hair<br />

1984, Omawale 1973, OAS 1973, Padoch and de Jong 1991, Rodríguez<br />

Martínez 1987, Soukup 1970<br />

Dioscorea trifoli<strong>at</strong>a Kunth in Humb. & Bonpl. & Kunth<br />

FAMILY: Dioscoreaceae (yam)<br />

ENGLISH: yam<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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