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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 />

SPANISH: amapola de California, amapola del campo, copa de oro<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaves, <strong>of</strong> California’s st<strong>at</strong>e flower, are e<strong>at</strong>en boiled<br />

or roasted. Also widely cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed for its variable, showy<br />

flowers, which are famous for blanketing <strong>the</strong> landscape with a<br />

golden glow.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, widely<br />

n<strong>at</strong>uralized<br />

REFERENCES: Breedlove 1986, FNAEC 1997, Marticorena and Quezada<br />

1985, Munz 1974, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Eschweilera compressa (Vell.) Miers [syn. Lecythis angustifolia<br />

(Mart.) Engl. ex O. Berg]<br />

FAMILY: Lecythidaceae (Brazil nut)<br />

PORTUGUESE: sapucaia-mirim<br />

USES/NOTES: Seed is an edible oil source.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987, Mori and Prance 1990b<br />

Eschweilera grandiflora (Aublet) Sandw. [syn. Lecythis grandiflora<br />

Aublet]<br />

FAMILY: Lecythidaceae (Brazil nut)<br />

SPANISH: machimango<br />

USES/NOTES: Seeds are edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Guianas through Amazonian Brazil to Amazonian Peru<br />

REFERENCES: Duke and Vásquez 1994, Martin et al. 1987, Mori and<br />

Prance 1990b, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Eschweilera ov<strong>at</strong>a (Cambess.) Miers [syn. Lecythis ov<strong>at</strong>a Cambess.]<br />

FAMILY: Lecythidaceae (Brazil nut)<br />

PORTUGUESE: biriba, biriba-branca, biriba-preta, ibiraba, imbiriba,<br />

sapucaia, sapucaínha, tauarisinho<br />

USES/NOTES: Though primarily exploited for lumber, seeds are an<br />

edible oil source and wood is used to make <strong>the</strong> bow <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

berimbau, a single-stringed instrument used especially for<br />

capoeira music in nor<strong>the</strong>astern Brazil.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern Brazilian forests from Amapá to Espirito<br />

Santo to <strong>the</strong> interior <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>o Grosso and M<strong>at</strong>o Grosso do Sul<br />

REFERENCES: Graham and Robinson 2003, Gusson 2003, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes),<br />

Martin et al. 1987, Mori 2001, Mori and Prance 1990b<br />

Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum<br />

FAMILY: Cactaceae (cactus)<br />

ENGLISH: ball cactus, bunch cactus, cushion cactus, golfball<br />

cactus, mammillaria, nipple cactus, pincushion cactus, purple<br />

mammillaria, spinystar, sprouting pincushion cactus<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits and flowers are e<strong>at</strong>en raw or cooked, and stems<br />

are e<strong>at</strong>en cooked.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Central and western North America from sou<strong>the</strong>rn<br />

Canada<br />

REFERENCES: Hickman 1993, Kindscher 1987<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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