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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 />

SPANISH: barazón, camaroncille, carap<strong>at</strong>e, chicharrón, icacillo,<br />

jicaco, pasito<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp and seeds are edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Mexico to Amazonian Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987, Prance 1972a, UFA/NYBG n.d.<br />

H<strong>of</strong>fmanseggia glauca (Ortega) Eifert [syn. H. densiflora Benth., H.<br />

falcaria Cav.]<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Caesalpinioideae (bean or<br />

pea)<br />

ENGLISH: rush pea<br />

USES/NOTES: Tubers are e<strong>at</strong>en roasted.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Southwestern U.S. to western South America<br />

REFERENCES: Mabberley 1987, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim.<br />

FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)<br />

ENGLISH: ocean spray<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en raw or cooked.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Western North America<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Kirk 1970<br />

Honckenya peploides (L.) Ehrh. subsp. peploides [syn. Arenaria<br />

peploides L.]<br />

FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae (pink)<br />

ENGLISH: sea purslane, seabeach sandwort<br />

USES/NOTES: Inuits have e<strong>at</strong>en <strong>the</strong> leaves fresh or preserved in oil.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: North temper<strong>at</strong>e regions<br />

REFERENCES: Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Hordeum jub<strong>at</strong>um L.<br />

FAMILY: Gramineae or Poaceae (grass)<br />

ENGLISH: foxtail barley, squirrel-tail grass<br />

USES/NOTES: Seed is edible and used as a c<strong>of</strong>fee substitute. Also<br />

ornamental.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: North America<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Mabberley 1987, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Hordeum vulgare L. [syn. H. distichon L.]<br />

FAMILY: Gramineae or Poaceae (grass)<br />

ENGLISH: barley, common barley, four-rowed barley, six-rowed barley,<br />

two-rowed barley<br />

PORTUGUESE: cervejeira, cevada forrageira<br />

SPANISH: cebeda<br />

USES/NOTES: Domestic<strong>at</strong>ed some 10,000 years ago, seeds are e<strong>at</strong>en<br />

cooked, used in beer and whisky malts, and occasionally brewed lie<br />

c<strong>of</strong>fee (C<strong>of</strong>fea spp.).<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Fertile Crescent <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Middle East<br />

REFERENCES: Duke 1986, Guia Rural n.d., Leung 1961, Mabberley 1987,<br />

Purseglove 1972, Smith 1994<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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