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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: m<strong>at</strong>apalo, renaco<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonia, perhaps beyond throughout <strong>the</strong> Neotropics<br />

REFERENCES: Berg et al. 1984, Duke and Vásquez 1994, FNAEC 1997<br />

Ficus an<strong>the</strong>lminthica Rich. ex DC. [syn. Pharmacosicea<br />

an<strong>the</strong>lmintica Miq.]<br />

FAMILY: Moraceae (mulberry)<br />

PORTUGUESE: cachimguba, cachinguba, caxinguba, coajinguva,<br />

cuaxinguba, gameleira-branca, gameleira-brava, gameleira-mansa,<br />

gameleira-roxa, guaxinduba-brava, lombrigueira, ogé, renaco,<br />

uapuim-açu<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible and toxic l<strong>at</strong>ex is medicinal.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Carneiro Martins 1989, Martin et al. 1987, Silva et al.<br />

1977<br />

Ficus aurea Nutt.<br />

FAMILY: Moraceae (mulberry)<br />

ENGLISH: golden fig, stangler fig<br />

USES/NOTES: Small, paired, red fruits are edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Nor<strong>the</strong>rn West Indies to sou<strong>the</strong>rn Florida<br />

REFERENCES: Bennett 1995, Bennett 1997, FNAEC 1997, Taylor 1998<br />

Ficus benghalensis L. [syn. F. indica L.]<br />

FAMILY: Moraceae (mulberry)<br />

ENGLISH: banyan, banyan tree, Indian fig, Krishna’s cup<br />

PORTUGUESE: árvore-do-banyan, figo<br />

SPANISH: árbol del banyan, higo<br />

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

Fruit is an aphrodisiac, bark and roots are medicinal, and leaves<br />

are a silk worm food source. The tree begins as an epiphyte, but<br />

aerial roots become large trunks allowing <strong>the</strong> tree to spread to<br />

about 200 meters.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Pakistan and India, perhaps to <strong>the</strong> Philippines,<br />

widely introduced in <strong>the</strong> humid tropics and n<strong>at</strong>uralized in<br />

favorable loc<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

REFERENCES: FNAEC 1997, Leung 1961, Mabberley 1987, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968,<br />

Usher 1974<br />

Ficus carica L.<br />

FAMILY: Moraceae (mulberry)<br />

ENGLISH: common fig, edible fig, fig<br />

PORTUGUESE: figo<br />

SPANISH: brevo, higo, higuera<br />

USES/NOTES: The fig <strong>of</strong> commerce is e<strong>at</strong>en out <strong>of</strong> hand, candied, or<br />

in pastries.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern Mediterranean, introduced and escaped<br />

elsewhere<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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