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Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
Eryngium foetidum L.
FAMILY: Umbelliferae or Apiaceae (carrot)
ENGLISH: false coriander, fitweed, goat chaser, New World
coriander, prickly herb, spirit-weed, voodoo devil, wild
coriander
PORTUGUESE: chicória, coentro-de-caboclo, recão-de-monte
SPANISH: chillangua, cilantro, cilantro de monte, cilantrón,
culantrillo de monte, culantro, culantro coyote, culantro de
monte, kawawat, sacha culantro, silandro sabanero, sinca cardo,
sinca culantro, siuca, siuca culantro, suico culantro
USES/NOTES: Leaves and roots are used as seasonings, fruits are
edible, and leaves are eaten pickled or used for tea. Leaf and
root also are medicinal.
NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics, naturalized elsewhere
REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Alcorn 1984, Cid 1978, Coe 1994, Duke 1986,
Duke and Vásquez 1994, Facciola 1990, Mabberley 1987, Omawale
1973, Padoch and de Jong 1991, Price 1990, Ríos 1991, Soukup
1970, UFA/NYBG n.d., von Reis Altschul 1973, von Reis Altschul
and Lipp 1982
Eryngium maritimum L.
FAMILY: Umbelliferae or Apiaceae (carrot)
ENGLISH: sea eryngo, sea holly
USES/NOTES: Roots are candied and used in tonics. Young sprouts are
eaten like asparagus (Asparagus officinalis).
NATURAL RANGE: Europe, naturalized in North America
REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Mabberley 1987, Uphof 1968
Erythrina americana (Dryand.) Miller
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or
pea)
ENGLISH: coral bean, coral tree, naked coral-tree
SPANISH: chak-mol-che, colorín, flor de colorín, moté, parencsuni,
patol, pemoche, pito, sompantle, te’batai, tzompantle, xoyo,
zumpantle
USES/NOTES: Beautiful red flowers are soaked in water or boiled
then dried and cooked with eggs, or cooked and added to salads
and soups, or steeped as tea. Tender, young leaves are eaten as
greens. Flowers are also medicinal and the tree is grown as an
ornamental, to shade and support coffee, cacao, and other crops,
as a living fence, and for animal feed. Poisonous red seeds are
used as beads for jewelry.
NATURAL RANGE: Central Mexico through Central America
REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984, Facciola 1990, García-Mateos et al. 2001,
Mabberley 1987, Mutchnick and McCarthy 1997
Erythrina berteroana Urban
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or
pea)
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