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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 />

PORTUGUESE: cará-pé-de-anta, caranambu, inhame-nambu<br />

SPANISH: ñame<br />

USES/NOTES: Sweetish tubers are e<strong>at</strong>en in Brazil.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: uncertain, perhaps sou<strong>the</strong>rn Brazil, now widespread in<br />

<strong>the</strong> Neotropics<br />

REFERENCES: Chu and Figueiredo-Ribeiro 1991, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes),<br />

Steyermark et al. 1995, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Diospyros artanthaefolia Mart. ex Miq. [also D. praetermissa<br />

Sandw.]<br />

FAMILY: Ebenaceae (ebony)<br />

PORTUGUESE: cuquí<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonia<br />

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

Diospyros blancoi A. DC. [syn. D. discolor Willd., D. philippensis<br />

(Desr.) Guerke]<br />

FAMILY: Ebenaceae (ebony)<br />

ENGLISH: butter fruit, mabola, mabolo, peach bloom, Philippine<br />

persimmon, Velvet apple<br />

PORTUGUESE: mabolo<br />

SPANISH: camagón, mabolo<br />

USES/NOTES: Sweet, apple-sized, pubescent fruit, with a cheese-like<br />

odor, is e<strong>at</strong>en fresh after peeling or preserved.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Philippines<br />

REFERENCES: Gregory 1960, Johns and Stevenson 1985, León 1987,<br />

Mabberley 1987, Martin et al. 1987, Morton 1987a, Omawale 1973,<br />

Popenoe 1974, Usher 1974<br />

Diospyros conz<strong>at</strong>tii Standley<br />

FAMILY: Ebenaceae (ebony)<br />

SPANISH: uzxaca, zapote negro silvestre<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Oaxaca, Mexico to Costa Rica<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987, Provance and Sanders 2006, Uph<strong>of</strong><br />

1968<br />

Diospyros inconstans Jacq. [syn. Maba inconstans Griseb.]<br />

FAMILY: Ebenaceae (ebony)<br />

SPANISH: negra lora<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Antilles<br />

REFERENCES: Brücher 1989, Martin et al. 1987<br />

Diospyros kaki L.f. [syn. D. chinensis Blume]<br />

FAMILY: Ebenaceae (ebony)<br />

ENGLISH: caqui, Chinese d<strong>at</strong>e plum, Chinese persimmon , fuyu<br />

persimmon (non-astringent variety), hachiya persimmon (astringent<br />

variety), Japanese persimmon, kakee, kaki, kaki plum<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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