Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
NATURAL RANGE: Western North America from Alberta to northwestern
Mexico
REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, FNAEC 1993, Harrington 1967, Turner and
Szczawinski 1978, Yanovsky 1936
Juniperus virginiana L. var. virginiana and J. v. var. silicicola
(Small) E. Murray [syn. J. silicicola (Small) Bailey]
FAMILY: Cupressaceae (cypress)
ENGLISH: Carolina cedar (var. silicicola), cedar, cedar apple,
coast juniper, coastal red cedar (var. silicicola), eastern red
cedar, eastern red juniper, juniper, pencil cedar, pencil
juniper, red cedar, red cedar juniper, red juniper, sand cedar,
savin red cedar, southern juniper (var. silicicola), southern red
cedar (var. silicicola), southern red juniper (var. silicicola),
Tennessee red cedar (var. silicicola), Virginian cedar, Virginian
pencil cedar
PORTUGUESE: cedro-vermelho
SPANISH: cedro, cedro colorado, cedro de Virginia, cedro rojo de
Virginia, enebro americano, enebro criollo, enebro de Virginia,
enebro rojo americano, enebro virginiano, sabina de la costa,
sabina de Virginia
USES/NOTES: Extract of the berry-like, bluish cone and young twigs
is used to flavor gin and other beverages. Cones, eaten by many
birds, also are edible in small quantities. J. virginiana var.
virginiana is the larger variety; both are fast growing under
favorable conditions.
NATURAL RANGE: var. virginiana - eastern North America from southern
Ontario and Quebec to northern Florida; var. silicicola -
southeastern coastal plain from the Carolinas through Florida
REFERENCES: Adams 1986, Facciola 1990, FNAEC 1993, Godfrey 1988,
Kermath (notes), Kunkel 1984, Nelson 1994, Tomikel 1986
Justicia pectoralis Jacq.
FAMILY: Acanthaceae (acanthus)
ENGLISH: carpenter’s grass, garden balsam, justicia
PORTUGUESE: mash farhenak, paxararok, takurushni
SPANISH: hojas de tilo, lluichu lancetilla, pinipsa, tsemantsma,
wirink, yerba del carpintero, yoman rao
USES/NOTES: Leaves are used as an herb and a medicinal.
NATURAL RANGE: India and East Asia
REFERENCES: Duke and Vásquez 1994, Editorial Panapo 1988, Leung
1961, Terra 1966, UFA/NYBG n.d., Usher 1974, von Reis Altschul
and Lipp 1982, Williams and Williams 1969
Kallstroemia maxima (L.) Hook. & Arn. [syn. Tribulus maximus L.]
FAMILY: Zygophyllaceae (caltrop)
ENGLISH: big caltrop, caltrop
SPANISH: abrojo terrestre, hierba de pollo, monte tarralla,
verdolaga de playa
USES/NOTES: Green leaves are used as a potherb in Central America.
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