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

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
USES/NOTES: Leaves of this yellow-flowered, attractive small tree are
made into tea and oily seeds are edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America from southern Canada to central
Florida and Texas
REFERENCES: Godfrey 1988, Kermath (notes), Nelson 1994, Tomikel 1986,
Yanovsky 1936
Hamelia patens Jacq.
FAMILY: Rubiaceae (coffee or madder)
ENGLISH: firebush, Mexican firebush, red berry, scarlet bush
PORTUGUESE: valmoura
SPANISH: anileto, azulillo, bálsamo, benzen yuca, cachimbilla,
cascarilla, chacloc, chichipince, coralillo, palo camarón, pata de
pájaro, pico de pájaro, pissi, tisicu panga, unkumutsuwake, usiaey,
uvero, yoshin coshqui rao, yuto blanco, zapote maduro,
zorrillo, zorrillo real
USES/NOTES: Small, dark red to purplish-black, ovoid, juicy, ripe
fruits, with a bland to pleasant flavor, are eaten out of hand or
made into juice or alcoholic beverages. Fruit and other plant parts
are also medicinal. Attractive, fast growing shrub is also used in
urban landscaping in tropical to nearly frost-free regions for its
abundant scarlet flowers and green to red foliage and because it
attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
NATURAL RANGE: Humid Neotropics from Paraguay and Bolivia to Mexico,
the Antilles, central and southern peninsular Florida, and Bermuda
REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Alcorn 1984, Bernardi 1985, Bush and Morton
n.d., Duke n.d., Duke and Vásquez 1994, Kermath (notes), Lorence
1999, Martin et al. 1987, Nelson 1994, Sommeijer et al. n.d.,
UFA/NYBG n.d.
Hancornia speciosa B.A. Gomes
FAMILY: Apocynaceae (dogbane)
PORTUGUESE: fruta-de-doente, mangaba, mangabeira, mangabinha-do-norte
SPANISH: mangaba, mangabera, mango jsú
USES/NOTES: Fruits, poisonous until fully ripe, are consumed fresh, in
sherbets, preserved, or made into wine. Latex is the source of
mangabeira rubber. Also medicinal.
NATURAL RANGE: Northern to northeastern Brazil
REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Cavalcante 1991, Guia Rural n.d., IBGE
1980, Mabberley 1987, Martin et al. 1987, Schneider 1987, Silva et
al. 1977
Harpephyllum caffrum Bernh. ex Krause
FAMILY: Anacardiaceae (cashew or poison ivy)
ENGLISH: cape ash, kaffir plum
SPANISH: ciruelo de kafir
USES/NOTES: Cultivated for its fruit pulp, eaten fresh or in jellies.
NATURAL RANGE: South Africa
REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Hoyas 1989, Martin et al. 1987
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