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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: trout-lily, yellow adder’s tongue<br />

USES/NOTES: Bulbous roots are e<strong>at</strong>en as a cooked vegetable, leaves<br />

are added to salads or e<strong>at</strong>en as cooked greens, yellow flowers are<br />

edible, young plants are used as a po<strong>the</strong>rb, and corms are e<strong>at</strong>en<br />

in salads. Corms also may have emetic properties.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Gibbons and Tucker 1979, Harrington<br />

1967, Tomikel 1986<br />

Erythronium grandiflorum Pursh [syn. E. parviflorum (S. W<strong>at</strong>son)<br />

Goodding]<br />

FAMILY: Liliaceae (lily)<br />

ENGLISH: adder’s tongue, dogtooth violet, fawnlily, glacierlilly,<br />

trout-lily, yellow fawnlily, yellow glacierlily<br />

USES/NOTES: Petals, leaves, and corms are e<strong>at</strong>en raw in salads, but<br />

may have emetic properties. Young plants are used as a po<strong>the</strong>rb.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Western North America<br />

REFERENCES: Harrington 1967, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Yanovsky<br />

1936<br />

Erythronium oreganum Appleg<strong>at</strong>e<br />

FAMILY: Liliaceae (lily)<br />

ENGLISH: trout-lily<br />

USES/NOTES: Bulbous roots are e<strong>at</strong>en raw or cooked.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Western North America<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Hickman 1993, Kunkel 1984<br />

Erythroxylum coca Lam. var. coca Lam.<br />

FAMILY: Erythroxylaceae (coca)<br />

ENGLISH: Bolivian coca, coca, coca shrub, Huanuco coca<br />

PORTUGUESE: coca, epadu, hayo, ipadu<br />

SPANISH: coca, coca huánuco, cuca, hayo, huánuco, jaya, spadic<br />

USES/NOTES: Cocaine-containing leaf, widely chewed in <strong>the</strong> Andean<br />

highlands as a stimulant and to relieve hunger pangs and altitude<br />

sickness, is a minor source <strong>of</strong> vitamins A, C, and D. Leaf also is<br />

<strong>the</strong> source <strong>of</strong> a commonly consumed tea called m<strong>at</strong>e de coca in<br />

Spanish, and an extract (with <strong>the</strong> cocaine removed) used to flavor<br />

Coca Cola®, and wine. Cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed for <strong>at</strong> least 5,000 years, E.<br />

coca var. coca is <strong>the</strong> most commercially important source <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

alkaloid cocaine, widely used as an illicit drug and a medicinal.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern Andes <strong>of</strong> Ecuador, Peru, and/or Bolivia<br />

REFERENCES: Balick 1985, Boucher 1991, Burchard 1975, Cooper 1949,<br />

Duke et al. 1975, Duke and Vásquez 1994, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Plowman<br />

1979, Plowman 1984, Schultes 1984, Wea<strong>the</strong>rford 1988<br />

Erythroxylum coca Lam. var. ipadu Plowman<br />

FAMILY: Erythroxylaceae (coca)<br />

ENGLISH: Amazonian coca<br />

PORTUGUESE: epadu, ipadu<br />

SPANISH: coca, hayo, jaya, yapadú<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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