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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 />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Tropical to subtropical South America<br />

REFERENCES: Badillo 1971, Badillo 1983, Balée 1992, Balée and Gély<br />

1989, Cavalcante 1991, Dodson and Gentry 1977, Facciola 1990,<br />

Jørgensen and León-Yánez 1999, Martin et al. 1987, OAS 1973, Reed<br />

1995, Zuloaga 1997<br />

Jacquinia caracasana Kunth<br />

FAMILY: Theophrastaceae (<strong>the</strong>ophrasta)<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Venezuela<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987<br />

Jaltom<strong>at</strong>a bicolor (Ruiz & Pavón) Mione<br />

FAMILY: Solanaceae (nightshade or pot<strong>at</strong>o)<br />

ENGLISH: sand tom<strong>at</strong>o<br />

SPANISH: shulpac<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Central highland Peru<br />

REFERENCES: Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Mione et al. 1993<br />

Jaltom<strong>at</strong>a biflora (Ruiz & Pavón) Benítez<br />

FAMILY: Solanaceae (nightshade or pot<strong>at</strong>o)<br />

ENGLISH: sand tom<strong>at</strong>o<br />

SPANISH: capulí de campo, capulí silvestre, tom<strong>at</strong>e cimarrón,<br />

tom<strong>at</strong>illo cimarrón<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Central highland Peru<br />

REFERENCES: Mione et al. 2001<br />

Jaltom<strong>at</strong>a chiuahuensis (Bitter) Mione & Bye [syn. Saracha<br />

chiuahuensis Bitter]<br />

FAMILY: Solanaceae (nightshade or pot<strong>at</strong>o)<br />

ENGLISH: sand tom<strong>at</strong>o<br />

SPANISH: jaltom<strong>at</strong>a, me’taresi, metárusi, metrusi, me’tresi<br />

USES/NOTES: Two races with edible fruit, one purple fruit, one green<br />

fruit. Rootstock <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> purple race is e<strong>at</strong>en by <strong>the</strong> Tarahumara.<br />

Green race is semi-domestic<strong>at</strong>ed.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Durango, Chiuahua, and Jalisco, Mexico<br />

REFERENCES: Mione and Bye 1996, Pennington 1963<br />

Jaltom<strong>at</strong>a procumbens (Cav.) J.L. Gentry [also J. confinis (Morton)<br />

J.L. Gentry and J. viscosa (Schrader) D’Arcy & Davis] [syn.<br />

Saracha spp.]<br />

FAMILY: Solanaceae (nightshade or pot<strong>at</strong>o)<br />

ENGLISH: creeping false holly, sand tom<strong>at</strong>o<br />

SPANISH: acahualera, belladona cimarrona, bix<strong>at</strong>e, cachumba,<br />

carrizo, chichawac, cinco negrito, cinco negros, comida de<br />

culebra, dulce, hierba ixbolul, hierba mora, huahuachocho, huevo<br />

de sapo, il brilloso semilla verde, jaltom<strong>at</strong>a, jaltom<strong>at</strong>e,<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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