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

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REFERENCES: Anochili and Tindall 1986, Ayala Flores 1984, Bailey
Hortorium 1976, Boom 1987, Boswell 1989, Damp and Pearsall 1994,
Facciola 1990, Guia Rural n.d., IBGE 1980, Madsen 1991, Omawale
1973
Gossypium herbaceum L.
FAMILY: Malvaceae (mallow)
ENGLISH: levant cotton, short-staple American cotton
USES/NOTES: Seed is a source of cottonseed oil used in cooking, to
make margarine, and as a lard substitute, pressed into an edible
cake, roasted, or as a coffee substitute. Leaf is edible and boll
contains a minor textile fiber.
NATURAL RANGE: Africa, Asia Minor, and India
REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Facciola 1990, León 1987, Uphof
1968
Gossypium hirsutum L.
FAMILY: Malvaceae (mallow)
ENGLISH: buck cotton, cotton, upland cotton
PORTUGUESE: algodão, algodão-branco
SPANISH: algodón
USES/NOTES: Boll is the principal commercial cotton source. Fruit and
seed are edible after removing the toxic gossypol, and seeds are
the source of the commercially important and edible cottonseed oil.
Boiled leaves are used to make medicinal baths.
NATURAL RANGE: Middle America from Mexico to the Caribbean coast of
South America, the West Indies, and South Florida, perhaps first
domesticated in Mexico’s Yucatán
REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Branch and Silva 1983, Facciola
1990, Ford 1984, Guia Rural n.d., León 1987, Omawale 1973,
Purseglove 1968, Sauer 1993
Gouania lupuloides (L.) Urban [syn Banisteria lupuloides L.]
FAMILY: Rhamnaceae (buckthorn)
ENGLISH: chew stick
USES/NOTES: Bitter stems have been used like hops to flavor beer. Also
chewed to clean teeth.
NATURAL RANGE: Central America, West Indies, and Florida
REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Mabberley 1987, Morton 1977
Gouania polygama (Jacq.) Urban
FAMILY: Rhamnaceae (buckthorn)
SPANISH: limpia dientes
USES/NOTES: Leaves have been used like hops to flavor beer.
NATURAL RANGE: Mexico to northern South America, the West Indies, and
Florida
REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984, Facciola 1990, Williams 1981
Goupia glabra Aublet
FAMILY: Celastraceae (spindle tree) or Goupiaceae (goupia)
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