Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
REFERENCES: Dodson and Gentry 1978, MBG n.d., Renner et al. 1990
Genipa americana L. [syn. G. americana var. caruto Kunth, G. caruto
Kunth]
FAMILY: Rubiaceae (coffee or madder)
ENGLISH: genip, genipap, lana, marmaladebox genip
PORTUGUESE: jenipá, jenipaba, jenipapo, jenipapo-manso, jenipapinho,
yaco-huito
SPANISH: abugui, bi, caruto, chipara, gapindá, genipap, genipapo,
gigulaté, gigualtí, guaitil, guaytil blanco, huito, irayol, jagua,
jagua dulce, jenipapo, maluco, nandipá, nanë, ñapindá, quipara,
saptur, tambor, tiñedientes, vito, yaco huito
USES/NOTES: Sweet, aromatic, wrinkled, brown, highly perishable, ripe
fruits are in high demand as an excellent fruit juice, liqueur, or
wine. Unripe fruits are the source of a dark blue dye used
traditionally by indigenous peoples as body paint. Bark, fruit, and
roots are medicinal. Wood is used for cabinets.
NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics, perhaps Amazonia
REFERENCES: Boom 1987, Bourke et al. 1987, Brücher 1989, Duke 1986,
Guia Rural n.d., IBGE 1980, Johnston and Colquhoun 1996, Kermath
(notes), Mabberley 1987, Naranjo 1991, OAS 1973, Silva et al. 1977,
Steyermark 1974, Will 1991
Genipa curviflora Dwyer
FAMILY: Rubiaceae (coffee or madder)
PORTUGUESE: apuruí
USES/NOTES: Fruit is edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics from Brazil to Mexico
REFERENCES: Lorence 1999, UFA/NYBG n.d.
Genipa spruceana Steyerm.
FAMILY: Rubiaceae (coffee or madder)
PORTUGUESE: jenipapo
SPANISH: yacuruna huito
USES/NOTES: Fruit is used like G. americana, though of inferior
quality.
NATURAL RANGE: Amazonia
REFERENCES: Duke and Vásquez 1994, Steyermark 1974
Geoffroea decorticans (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Burkart [syn.
Gourliea decorticans Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.]
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or pea)
SPANISH: chanal, chañar
USES/NOTES: Regionally important, tart ripe fruits are eaten out of
hand or made into an alcoholic beverage (aloja de chañar in
Spanish). Leaves are eaten cooked.
NATURAL RANGE: North-central Chile and Argentina into the southern
Chaco region
REFERENCES: Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Mabberley 1987, Marticorena and
Quezada 1985, Uphof 1968, Valenzuela et al. 1984
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