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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 />

ENGLISH: coral bean, machete<br />

PORTUGUESE: mulungu<br />

SPANISH: búcaro, bucayo, cañaro, cresta de gallo, elequeme,<br />

gallito, palo santo, parsu, pernilla de casa, pito, pito de<br />

peronilla, poro, porotón, quilite, sacha porota<br />

USES/NOTES: Young leaves and shoots are e<strong>at</strong>en as vegetables.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics<br />

REFERENCES: Duke 1986, Estrella 1991, Leung 1961, Naranjo 1991, OAS<br />

1973, von Reis Altschul and Lipp 1982<br />

Erythrina corallodendron L.<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or<br />

pea)<br />

ENGLISH: coral bean, cutlass bush, duppy machete, Spanish machete<br />

SPANISH: amapola, bucare peonía, chocho, colorín, coral, elequeme,<br />

gualiqueme, pito, yaca<br />

USES/NOTES: Young flowers and leaves are e<strong>at</strong>en cooked.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Hispaniola<br />

REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Nellis 1994, OAS 1973<br />

Erythrina edulis Triana [syn. E. esculenta Sprague]<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or<br />

pea)<br />

ENGLISH: basul<br />

PORTUGUESE: chachafruto, mulungu<br />

SPANISH: antipurutu, balú, baluy, balsuy, basul, boleú,<br />

chachafruto, chafruto, calú, frisol calú, nopás, pajuro, poroto,<br />

fréjol de árbol, anteporoto, frijol de árbol, frijol de Inca,<br />

pachullo, amasisa, pajurro, pisonay, poroto pashigua, sachafruto,<br />

sachapuruto, sacha puruto, sachaporoto, shapurutu<br />

USES/NOTES: E<strong>at</strong>en as a side dish and a famine food, <strong>the</strong> seed must<br />

be cooked first to remove toxins, typically boiled with salt.<br />

Tree is grown as a living fence and to shade c<strong>of</strong>fee and o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

crops.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Andes<br />

REFERENCES: Barrera Marín 1991, Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Cárdenas<br />

1969, Gentry 1992, Naranjo 1991, NRC 1989, OAS 1973, Soukup 1970<br />

Erythrina glauca Willd.<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or<br />

pea)<br />

ENGLISH: bucare, swamp immortelle<br />

PORTUGUESE: mulungu<br />

SPANISH: ahuejote, ahuijote, amasisa, anauco, assacu, assasu rana,<br />

cámbulo, moté manso, palo prieto, pito<br />

USES/NOTES: Flowers are e<strong>at</strong>en cooked or used as a condiment by<br />

n<strong>at</strong>ive Amazonians. Also medicinal.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Gu<strong>at</strong>emala through tropical South America and <strong>the</strong> West<br />

Indies<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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