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

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USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Brazil, Guiana, Venezuela
REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987
Licania kunthiana Hook.f.
FAMILY: Chrysobalanaceae (coco plum)
PORTUGUESE: oiti, pajurazinho
USES/NOTES: Fruit is eaten by the Ka’apor of Brazil.
NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Brazil, the Guianas, and southern Venezuela
REFERENCES: Balée 1994, UFA/NYBG n.d.
Licania latifolia Benth. ex Hook.f.
FAMILY: Chrysobalanaceae (coco plum)
PORTUGUESE: macucu-de-sangue, macucu-sangue
USES/NOTES: Fruit is eaten by the Ka’apor of Brazil.
NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Ecuador to eastern Amazonian Brazil and
southern Venezuela
REFERENCES: Balée 1994, Jørgensen and León-Yánez 1999, Silva et al.
1977, Steyermark et al. 1995
Licania licaniiflora (Sagot) S.F. Blake [syn. L. parinarioides
Hub.]
FAMILY: Chrysobalanaceae (coco plum)
PORTUGUESE: copuda
USES/NOTES: Seeds are edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Brazil
REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987, Prance 1972a
Licania macrocarpa Cuatrec.
FAMILY: Chrysobalanaceae (coco plum)
SPANISH: parinari
USES/NOTES: Fruit is edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia into
northwestern Ecuador, western Colombia, and central Panama
REFERENCES: Duke and Vásquez 1994, Prance 1972a, Prance 1989a,
Renner et al. 1990
Licania macrophylla Benth.
FAMILY: Chrysobalanaceae (coco plum)
PORTUGUESE: anauerá, macucu-terra
SPANISH: anaura
USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Brazil and the Guianas
REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987, Silva et al. 1977
Licania michauxii Prance
FAMILY: Chrysobalanaceae (coco plum)
ENGLISH: gopher apple, ground oak
USES/NOTES: Two to three cm long drupe is edible, though generally
bland to undesirable in flavor. Growing generally no more than 25
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