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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 />

PORTUGUESE: nogueira, nogueira-de-iguapé, nogueira-do-litoral, noz<br />

SPANISH: nocedal, nogal, nogal común, nogal de Europa, nogal europeo,<br />

nuez, nuez de nogal<br />

USES/NOTES: Nut is highly esteemed for its culinary uses and<br />

contains an edible oil. Ground shells are edible and leaves are<br />

used for tea. Wood is prized for furniture.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Sou<strong>the</strong>astern Europe to western Asia<br />

REFERENCES: Accorsi et al. n.d., Bourke et al. 1987,, Leung 1961,<br />

Mabberley 1987, Menninger 1977, Rehm and Espig 1991, Sturtevant<br />

1972, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Usher 1974, Woodro<strong>of</strong> 1979<br />

Juniperus californica Carrière<br />

FAMILY: Cupressaceae (cypress)<br />

ENGLISH: California juniper, Cedar Island juniper, Cedros island<br />

juniper, desert white cedar, sweet-berried juniper, white cedar<br />

SPANISH: cedro, enebro de California, gu<strong>at</strong>a, hu<strong>at</strong>a<br />

USES/NOTES: Fleshy cones are e<strong>at</strong>en fresh, dried, or ground into<br />

flour.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: disjunct popul<strong>at</strong>ions in California to adjacent<br />

portions <strong>of</strong> west-central Arizona, southwestern Utah, and sou<strong>the</strong>rn<br />

most Nevada, and portions <strong>of</strong> Baja California del Norte<br />

REFERENCES: FNAEC 1993, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Yanovsky 1936, Zanoni and Adams<br />

1973<br />

Juniperus communis L.<br />

FAMILY: Cupressaceae (cypress)<br />

ENGLISH: common juniper, dwarf juniper, juniper<br />

PORTUGUESE: zimbro<br />

SPANISH: buto, ciprés, enebrina, enebro, enebro común, enebro real,<br />

junípero, nebrina, nebro, sabina, yunípero<br />

USES/NOTES: Sweet arom<strong>at</strong>ic fruit contains an essential oil used to<br />

flavor gin, liqueurs, and o<strong>the</strong>r beverages, and has been used as a<br />

condiment, to repel mosquitoes, and as a urogenital stimulant.<br />

Stems and leaves have been used for tea. Also grown widely as a<br />

landscape specimen.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: North temper<strong>at</strong>e zones to alpine regions to <strong>the</strong> south<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, FNAEC 1993, Mabberley 1987,<br />

Schneider 1987, Tucker 1994, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Juniperus deppeana Steudel [syn. J. pachyphlaea Torrey]<br />

FAMILY: Cupressaceae (cypress)<br />

ENGLISH: allig<strong>at</strong>or juniper, checker-barked cedar, sweet-fruited<br />

juniper<br />

SPANISH: aborí, aorí, awarf, awarí, cedro chino, enebro, enebro<br />

alig<strong>at</strong>or, enebro chino, kawarí, koarí, oyorique, tásc<strong>at</strong>e,<br />

yunípero arboreo<br />

USES/NOTES: Fleshy cones are e<strong>at</strong>en raw, roasted, dried, ground into<br />

meal, baked in cakes, or prepared as mush.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Southwestern U.S. and adjacent Mexico<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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