Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
USES/NOTES: Mucilaginous pseudobulbs are edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics
REFERENCES: Cowan 1983, Facciola 1990
Endopleura uchi (Huber) Cuatrec. [syn. Sacoglottis uchi Huber]
FAMILY: Humiriaceae (bastard bullet tree)
PORTUGUESE: uchi, uixi, uxi, uxi-amarelo, uxi-liso, uxi-pucu,
uxipuca
SPANISH: uchi
USES/NOTES: Pleasant tasting, variably colored (green, yellow, to
red-purple or dark purple), oily fruits, somewhat egg-shaped and
three cm long, are consumed fresh, as juice, in ice cream and
desserts, and as a folk medicine. Seeds are an edible oil source.
Also an ornamnetal fruit tree. Fruits are harvested from the wild
or from cultivated trees.
NATURAL RANGE: Eastern and central Amazonian Brazil, the Guianas,
and southern Venezuela
REFERENCES: Cavalcante 1991, Frechione et al. 1989, Kermath
(notes), Leung 1961, Martin et al. 1987, Peret 1985, Shanley and
Medina 2005, Silva et al. 1977
Entada gigas (L.) Fawcett & Rendle [syn. Entada scandens Benth.]
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae (bean or pea)
ENGLISH: cacoon, climbing entada, Mackay bean, nicker bean, sea
bean, St. Thomas bean, sword bean
USES/NOTES: Young leaves of this liana are eaten as a vegetable and
flat, brown seeds are eaten roasted. Also a saponin and fiber
source.
NATURAL RANGE: Central America, tropical South America, West Indies,
and tropical Africa
REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Bailey Hortorium 1976, Bennett 1995,
Mabberley 1987, Uphof 1968
Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Griseb. [syn. Inga cyclocarpa
(Jacq.) Willd., Mimosa cyclocarpa Jacq.]
FAMILY: Fabaceae, or Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae (bean or pea)
ENGLISH: ear-tree, earpodtree, elephant-ear, elephant’s ear,
guanacaste, monkey soap
SPANISH: anjera, árbol de orejas, carito, caro, conacaste, corotu,
curutú, dormilón, guanacaste, Juan de Acaste, oreja, orejero,
oviero, palo de orejas, parota, piche, piñón, piñón de oreja,
tusipono
USES/NOTES: Young pods and seeds are eaten cooked, toasted seeds
are ground after removing the testa and used like coffee, fruit
and bark are used as soap, and sap is medicinal. Durable wood is
used for canoes, water troughs, and cabinets. The fast-growing,
decorative, huge tree is the source of goma de caro gum, and is
grown as a landscape plant, though it is highly susceptible to
breakage.
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