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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 />

FAMILY: Rubiaceae (c<strong>of</strong>fee or madder)<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit is e<strong>at</strong>en by <strong>the</strong> Chácobo <strong>of</strong> Bolivia.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Tropical South America, perhaps Bolivia<br />

REFERENCES: Boom 1989<br />

Faramea miconioides Standley<br />

FAMILY: Rubiaceae (c<strong>of</strong>fee or madder)<br />

SPANISH: supinim yutai<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Tropical South America<br />

REFERENCES: Bennett et al. 2001<br />

Faramea rectinervia Standley<br />

FAMILY: Rubiaceae (c<strong>of</strong>fee or madder)<br />

PORTUGUESE: coração-de-negra/negro<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Brazil to Amazonian Ecuador<br />

REFERENCES: UFA/NYBG n.d.<br />

Feijoa sellowiana O. Berg [syn. Acca sellowiana (O. Berg) Burret]<br />

FAMILY: Myrtaceae (myrtle)<br />

ENGLISH: Brazilian guava, feijoa, fig guava, guavasteen, pineapple<br />

guava<br />

PORTUGUESE: araçazeiro-do-campo, feijoa, goiaba, goiaba-da-serra,<br />

gioaba-do-campo, goiabeira-do-campo<br />

SPANISH: feijoa, guayabo, guayabo del país, guavastín<br />

USES/NOTES: Cream colored, arom<strong>at</strong>ic pulp <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> golf ball sized<br />

fruit, covered with a wrinkly green skin, is e<strong>at</strong>en fresh or<br />

preserved. Flower pedals are edible. Also planted widely in warm<br />

regions for its <strong>at</strong>tractive flowers.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Brazil, Uruguay, nor<strong>the</strong>rn Argentina, and<br />

eastern Paraguay, n<strong>at</strong>uralized in warm regions<br />

REFERENCES: Brücher 1989, Gentry 1993, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), León 1987,<br />

Mabberley 1987, Martin et al. 1987, M<strong>at</strong>tos 1983, Morton 1987a,<br />

Popenoe 1974<br />

Fernaldia pandur<strong>at</strong>a (A. DC.) Woodson [syn. Echites pandur<strong>at</strong>a A.<br />

DC., Echites pinguifolia Standley, Mandevilla velutina Schumann,<br />

Mandevilla potosina T.S. Brandeg., Urechites karwinskii Müell.<br />

Arg.]<br />

FAMILY: Apocynaceae (dogbane)<br />

ENGLISH: fernaldia<br />

SPANISH: bajo de wey, floroco, lengua de vaca, loroco, quilite<br />

USES/NOTES: Unopened buds and flowers are e<strong>at</strong>en cooked and tender<br />

leaves and vine tips are e<strong>at</strong>en as vegetables. Flowers are said to<br />

taste like corn.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Mexico to Honduras<br />

REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984, Coe 1994, Leung 1961, Morton et al. 1990,<br />

Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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