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

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USES/NOTES: Roasted seeds taste like chestnuts and are eaten as a nut,
ground into flour (called farinha-de-ituá in Brazil), or fried as a
cracker after the flour has dried in the sun.
NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Brazil and southern Venezuela, perhaps beyond
REFERENCES: Cavalcante 1991, Duke and Vásquez 1994, Silva et al. 1977,
Steyermark et al. 1995
Gnetum nodiflorum Brongn.
FAMILY: Gnetaceae (gnetum)
PORTUGUESE: hava, ituá
SPANISH: bala huayo, hambre huayo, paujíl ruro
USES/NOTES: Roasted seeds taste like chestnuts and are eaten as a nut,
ground into flour (called farinha-de-ituá in Brazil), or fried as a
cracker after the flour has dried in the sun. Also, bark is the
source of a gummy medicinal.
NATURAL RANGE: Amazonia, the Guianas, and southern Venezuela
REFERENCES: Cavalcante 1991, Duke and Vásquez 1994, Martin et al.
1987, Renner et al. 1990, Steyermark et al. 1995
Gnetum paniculatum Spruce ex Benth.
FAMILY: Gnetaceae (gnetum)
PORTUGUESE: ituá
USES/NOTES: Roasted seeds taste like chestnuts and are eaten as a nut,
ground into flour (called farinha-de-ituá in Brazil), or fried as a
cracker after the flour has dried in the sun.
NATURAL RANGE: Rio Negro basin of North-central Amazonian Brazil and
southern Venezuela
REFERENCES: Cavalcante 1991, Steyermark et al. 1995
Gnetum schwackeanum Taubert ex Markgraf
FAMILY: Gnetaceae (gnetum)
PORTUGUESE: ituá, ituaí
USES/NOTES: Roasted seeds taste like chestnuts and are eaten as a nut,
ground into flour (called farinha-de-ituá in Brazil), or fried as a
cracker after the flour has dried in the sun.
NATURAL RANGE: Rio Negro basin of North-central Amazonian Brazil and
southern Venezuela
REFERENCES: Cavalcante 1991, Silva et al. 1977, Steyermark et al. 1995
Gnetum urens (Aublet) Blume
FAMILY: Gnetaceae (gnetum)
PORTUGUESE: blume-huá-açu, cipó-do-caçador, cipó-grande, gneto-toá,
itoá, ituá, toá
USES/NOTES: Roasted seeds taste like chestnuts and are eaten as a nut,
ground into flour (called farinha-de-ituá in Brazil), or fried as a
cracker after the flour has dried in the sun.
NATURAL RANGE: Northeastern Amazonian Brazil, the Guianas and southern
Venezuela
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