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

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SPANISH: amaranto, baleo, bledo, bledo rojo, bledos, bletos, breo,
ceñiglo, cenizo, hebreo, quelite manchado, sabía
USES/NOTES: Amerindians in the western U.S. ate young plants,
leaves, and seeds in various ways. Small nutritious seeds were
eaten raw or ground and prepared in pinole. Young plants were
added to cooked meals dried or fresh and leaves have been used as
a potherb.
NATURAL RANGE: North America from Alaska and Quebec to Mexico
REFERENCES: Castetter 1935, Elmore 1944, Everitt et al. 2007,
Moerman n.d., Reagan 1929, Saunders 1976, Vestal 1940, Yanovsky
1936
Amaranthus caudatus L. [syn. A. edulis Speg., A. mantegazzianus
Passer.]
FAMILY: Amaranthaceae (amaranth or pigweed)
ENGLISH: amaranth, bush green, cat-tail, Inca wheat, love-liesbleeding,
pendant amaranth, red-hot cattail, tassel flower,
tumbleweed
PORTUGUESE: amaranto, amaranto de cauda, bredu, caruru
SPANISH: abanico, achis, achita, amaranto, ataco, ataco morado,
blero, bledo, bledos, borlas, chaquilla, chaquillon, coime,
coimi, coyo, cuimi, jataco, kiwicha, millmi, moco de pavo,
qamaya, quichuicha, quichuicha, quihuicha, quinchincha,
quinchuicha, quinoa, quínoa, quínoa de castilla, quínoa del
valle, sangoracha, sangorache, trigo del Inca, trigo Inca
USES/NOTES: Lysine-rich seeds are eaten as flour, popped, or
parched. Leaves are used as an herb or a vegetable like spinach
(Spinacia oleracea). Attempts to revitalize this once important
Andean staple crop are underway.
NATURAL RANGE: Domesticated in the Andes from Ecuador to
northwestern Argentina, though it was also cultivated early in
Mexico
REFERENCES: Bonuccelli 1989, Bourke et al. 1987, Cárdenas 1969,
Downton 1973, Early 1992, Estrella 1991, Guia Rural 1990,
Kauffman and Weber 1990, León 1987, Leung 1961, Lobb 1993,
Mabberley 1987, Martin and Telek 1979, Marx 1977, Myers 1983,
Naranjo 1991, NRC 1989, OAS 1973, Rehm and Espig 1991, Ruberté
1984, Sauer 1993
Amaranthus crassipes Schlecht.
FAMILY: Amaranthaceae (amaranth or pigweed)
ENGLISH: clubfoot amaranth, spreading amaranth, tropical spreading
amaranth
SPANISH: tsakam chith
USES/NOTES: Plant is eaten as a cooked green in Mexico.
NATURAL RANGE: Southern Arizona and Texas, and perhaps New Mexico,
and northern Mexico, naturalized in Florida, the Antilles,
Venezuela, and likely elsewhere
REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984
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