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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: Mexico to Colombia<br />

REFERENCES: Britton and Rose 1963, Facciola 1990, Martin et al. 1987,<br />

Morton 1987a, Standley and Williams 1962<br />

Hylocereus triangularis (L.) Britton & Rose<br />

FAMILY: Cactaceae (cactus)<br />

ENGLISH: cereus cactus, God okra, prickle wi<strong>the</strong>, strawberry pear<br />

USES/NOTES: Large crimson fruit is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Jamaica<br />

REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Britton and Rose 1963<br />

Hylocereus trigonus (Haw.) Saff.<br />

FAMILY: Cactaceae (cactus)<br />

SPANISH: pitahaya<br />

USES/NOTES: Large oblong fruit is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: West Indies possibly to Panama<br />

REFERENCES: Britton and Rose 1963, Martin et al. 1987<br />

Hylocereus und<strong>at</strong>us (Haw.) Britton & Rose [syn. H. gu<strong>at</strong>emalensis<br />

(Eichlam) Britton & Rose, Cereus trigonus var. gu<strong>at</strong>emalensis<br />

Eichlam, Cereus und<strong>at</strong>us Haw.]<br />

FAMILY: Cactaceae (cactus)<br />

ENGLISH: cereus cactus, night-blooming cactus, night-blooming cereus,<br />

pitahaya, pitaya, strawberry pear<br />

PORTUGUESE: cardo-ananás, c<strong>at</strong>o-barse, céreo<br />

SPANISH: chacam, chacoub (red fruited variety), flor de caliz, junco,<br />

junco tap<strong>at</strong>ío, pitahaya, pitahaya blanca, pitahaya cardón, pitahaya<br />

de cardón, pitahaya orejona, pitahaya roja, pitajava, pitajaya,<br />

pitaya, reina-de-la-noche, tasajo, zacoub (white fruited variety)<br />

USES/NOTES: Large, reddish/purple, green, yellow, or creamy-white<br />

fruit’s juicy pulp is consumed fresh, as juice, or made into syrup.<br />

Fruits are sold in markets. Tender stems and unopened flowers are<br />

e<strong>at</strong>en cooked. Large, beautiful, night-blooming flowers have made<br />

this climbing, sometimes epyphitic cactus a popular ornamental.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Uncertain, perhaps Mexico to Costa Rica, now widely<br />

cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed and n<strong>at</strong>uralized throughout <strong>the</strong> tropics and subtropics<br />

REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984, Breedlove 1986, Britton and Rose 1963,<br />

Cárdenas 1969, Facciola 1990, FLEPPC 2003, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), León<br />

1987, Leung 1961, Mabberley 1987, Martin et al. 1987, Morton 1987a,<br />

Mowry et al. 1967, Niembro Rocas 1992, Omawale 1973, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968,<br />

Usher 1974, Wunderlin 1998<br />

Hymenaea courbaril L. [syn. H. courbaril var. stilbocarpa (Hayne)<br />

A.T. Lee & Langenheim, H. stilbocarpa Hayne]<br />

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

pea)<br />

ENGLISH: anami gum, Brazilian cherry, Brazilian copal, copal, coubari,<br />

courbaril, dry courbaril, kerosene tree, kaúrabali, locust, Simiri<br />

locust, South American locust, stinking toe, West Indian locust<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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