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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 />

PORTUGUESE: pitanga, pitanga-comum<br />

SPANISH: pitanga<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en as jelly or occasionally out <strong>of</strong> hand.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Brazil to nor<strong>the</strong>rn Argentina<br />

REFERENCES: Angely 1970, Bailey Hortorium 1976, Facciola 1990, IBGE<br />

1980, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes)<br />

Eugenia procera (Sw.) Poiret<br />

FAMILY: Myrtaceae (myrtle)<br />

ENGLISH: ironwood<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987<br />

Eugenia pseudopsidium Jacq.<br />

FAMILY: Myrtaceae (myrtle)<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Lesser Antilles (Martinique) to central Amazonian<br />

Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987, Rankin de Mérona et al. 1992<br />

Eugenia pumila Gardner<br />

FAMILY: Myrtaceae (myrtle)<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Brazil and <strong>the</strong> Guianas<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987<br />

Eugenia pyriformis Cambess. [syn. E. uvalha Cambess.]<br />

FAMILY: Myrtaceae (myrtle)<br />

ENGLISH: kirschmyrte, uvaia<br />

FRENCH: jamboisier rouge<br />

PORTUGUESE: mapari, ubacaba, ubaia, ubaia-do-campo, ubalha, ubalhado-m<strong>at</strong>o,<br />

uvaia, uvaia-do-m<strong>at</strong>o, uvalha<br />

SPANISH: perita costeña, uvayema<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit is consumed in s<strong>of</strong>t drinks, candies, as syrup,<br />

and in folk medicines.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Guia Rural n.d., IBGE 1980, León 1987, Mabberley 1987,<br />

Martin et al. 1987, Peret 1985, Pérez-Arbeláez 1978<br />

Eugenia rhombea (O. Berg) Krug & Urban<br />

FAMILY: Myrtaceae (myrtle)<br />

ENGLISH: red stopper, spiceberry eugenia<br />

USES/NOTES: Small dark fruits are edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Sou<strong>the</strong>rn-most peninsular Florida, Florida Keys,<br />

Gre<strong>at</strong>er Antilles, nor<strong>the</strong>rn Lesser Antilles, nor<strong>the</strong>rn Central<br />

America, and sou<strong>the</strong>rn Mexico<br />

REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Kunkel 1984, Nelson 1994, Taylor 1998<br />

Eugenia selloi O. Berg [syn. Phyllocalyx edulis O. Berg]<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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