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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 />

FAMILY: Annonaceae (custard-apple)<br />

PORTUGUESE: jaboti, mão-de-cabra, pé-de-jaboti<br />

SPANISH: tortuga caspi<br />

USES/NOTES: Yellowish, sometimes fibrous sweet pulp <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

irregularly shaped fruit, with numerous globular sections<br />

(similar to Annona spp.), is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Central to western Amazonia<br />

REFERENCES: Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Cavalcante 1991, Duke and<br />

Vásquez 1994, Smith et al. 1992<br />

Duranta erecta L. [syn. D. macrophylla Bose, D. plumieri Jacq., D.<br />

repens L.]<br />

FAMILY: Verbenaceae (verbena)<br />

ENGLISH: duranta, golden dewdrop(s), pigeon-berry, skyflower<br />

PORTUGUESE: puruí-grande<br />

SPANISH: espino chivo<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics, widely n<strong>at</strong>uralized and invasive in warm,<br />

humid regions<br />

REFERENCES: Mabberley 1987, Martin et al. 1987, MBG n.d.<br />

Durio zibethinus A. Murray<br />

FAMILY: Malvaceae (mallow), previously Bombacaceae (silk-cotton)<br />

ENGLISH: civet fruit, durian<br />

PORTUGUESE: durião<br />

SPANISH: durián, durio, durión, erizo de árbol<br />

USES/NOTES: Large, spiny fruit (to 30 cm in length and 8 kg) has an<br />

unpleasant odor when ripe, yet is highly esteemed in Asia for its<br />

abundant, creamy, sweet aril, e<strong>at</strong>en out <strong>of</strong> hand, in desserts,<br />

dried, as a paste, or cooked as a vegetable before ripening.<br />

Seeds are e<strong>at</strong>en boiled, roasted, or fried. Widely cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed in<br />

tropical Asia, though uncommon in <strong>the</strong> Americas. Thailand is <strong>the</strong><br />

leading producer today.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Western Malaysia, probably domestic<strong>at</strong>ed in Borneo<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Johns and Stevenson 1985, Leung<br />

1961, Morton 1987a, Myers 1992, OAS 1973, Popenoe 1974, Rehm and<br />

Espig 1991, Smith et al. 1992, Steinkraus 1983, Subhadrabandhu<br />

and Ketsa 2001, Usher 1974, Will 1991<br />

Duroia eriopila L.f.<br />

FAMILY: Rubiaceae (c<strong>of</strong>fee or madder)<br />

ENGLISH: komaramara<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonia to <strong>the</strong> Guianas and sou<strong>the</strong>rn Venezuela<br />

REFERENCES: Johnston and Colquhoun 1996<br />

Duroia genipoides Hook.f. ex Schumann [syn. Amaioua genipoides<br />

Spruce ex Benth. & Hook.f.]<br />

FAMILY: Rubiaceae (c<strong>of</strong>fee or madder)<br />

ENGLISH: komaramara<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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