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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 />

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics<br />

REFERENCES: Andersson 1985, Bailey Hortorium 1976, Salick 1992<br />

Helicostylis elegans (Macbr.) C. Berg [syn. Perebea elegans Macbr.]<br />

FAMILY: Moraceae (mulberry)<br />

PORTUGUESE: inharé<br />

SPANISH: misho chaqui<br />

USES/NOTES: Seeds are e<strong>at</strong>en cooked.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonia<br />

REFERENCES: Berg 1972, Duke and Vásquez 1994<br />

Helicostylis scabra (Macbr.) C. Berg<br />

FAMILY: Moraceae (mulberry)<br />

PORTUGUESE: inharé<br />

SPANISH: misho chaqui<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonia<br />

REFERENCES: Berg 1972, Duke and Vásquez 1994<br />

Helicostylis tomentosa (Poeppig & Endl.) Macbr.<br />

FAMILY: Moraceae (mulberry)<br />

PORTUGUESE: <strong>at</strong>inha, inaré, inharé, mão-de-g<strong>at</strong>o, pama, pama branca,f<br />

xubaco<br />

SPANISH: cajimán, charo macho, charo peludo, misho chaqui, p<strong>at</strong>a de<br />

Morrocoy<br />

USES/NOTES: Seeds are e<strong>at</strong>en cooked, and fruit are e<strong>at</strong>en by <strong>the</strong> Chácobo<br />

<strong>of</strong> Bolivia.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonia into Venezuela<br />

REFERENCES: Balée 1994, Berg 1972, Boom 1989, Cavalcante 1991, Duke<br />

and Vásquez 1994, FUDENA n.d., UFA/NYBG n.d.<br />

Heliopsis buphthalmoides (Jacq.) Dunal<br />

FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)<br />

SPANISH: botoncillo grande<br />

USES/NOTES: Dried, ground leaves are used as a condiment and fresh<br />

leaves are added to salads.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Andean Peru and Ecuador<br />

REFERENCES: Bennett et al. 2001, Blake 1940<br />

Hemerocallis fulva (L.) L. [syn. H. lilioasphodelus var. fulvus L.]<br />

FAMILY: Liliaceae (lily) or Hemerocallidaceae (day-lily)<br />

ENGLISH: day-lily, double tawny day-lily, orange day-lily, tawny daylily<br />

PORTUGUESE: hemerocalis, lírio-amarelo<br />

SPANISH: lirio de un día<br />

USES/NOTES: Roots, flowers, and young shoots and leaves are e<strong>at</strong>en<br />

cooked, and roots are a starch source.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Asia, perhaps to Europe, now widely n<strong>at</strong>uralized in North<br />

America and somewh<strong>at</strong> n<strong>at</strong>uralized in Central America<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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