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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 />

NATURAL RANGE: Nor<strong>the</strong>rn California to Alaska<br />

REFERENCES: Hickman 1993, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Lonicera involucr<strong>at</strong>a Banks ex Sprengel<br />

FAMILY: Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle)<br />

ENGLISH: bearberry, bearberry honeysuckle, twinberry honeysuckle,<br />

twinberry<br />

USES/NOTES: Black berries are said to be <strong>of</strong> good quality, e<strong>at</strong>en<br />

fresh or dried.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Northwestern North America through <strong>the</strong> high Rockies<br />

<strong>of</strong> New Mexico<br />

REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Lonicera japonica Thunb.<br />

FAMILY: Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle)<br />

ENGLISH: gold-and-silver flower, Japanese honeysuckle<br />

PORTUGUESE: madressilva<br />

SPANISH: madre selva, madreselva<br />

USES/NOTES: Dried leaves, young buds, and flowers <strong>of</strong> this vigorous<br />

twining vine are made into tea. Flowers and young leaves are<br />

e<strong>at</strong>en as a vegetable and <strong>the</strong> sweet nectar is sucked from flowers.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Japan, n<strong>at</strong>uralized and invasive in <strong>the</strong> Americas<br />

REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Crowhurst 1972, Duke and Vásquez<br />

1994, Facciola 1990, FLEPPC 2003, W<strong>at</strong>kins and Sheehan 1975<br />

Loreya arborescens (Aublet) DC.<br />

FAMILY: Melastom<strong>at</strong>aceae (dissotis or melastome)<br />

SPANISH: sacha nisperillo<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Guianas to Peru<br />

REFERENCES: Duke and Vásquez 1994, Martin et al. 1987, Renner 1989<br />

Loreya spruceana Benth. ex Triana [syn. L. coll<strong>at</strong><strong>at</strong>a Wurdack,<br />

Bellucia spruceana (Benth. ex Triana) J.F. Macbride]<br />

FAMILY: Melastom<strong>at</strong>aceae (dissotis or melastome)<br />

SPANISH: titemeneca<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Ecuador to central Amazonian Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Davis and Yost 1983, Rankin de Mérona et al. 1992<br />

Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.<br />

FAMILY: Cucurbitaceae (gourd)<br />

ENGLISH: angled lo<strong>of</strong>ah, Chinese okra, ghingie, lo<strong>of</strong>ah, luffa,<br />

ridged gourd, sponge gourd, vegetable gourd<br />

PORTUGUESE: bucha, bucha de purga, bucha dos campistas, bucha verde,<br />

esponja-vegetal<br />

SPANISH: calabazo, coladera, esponja, esponja vegetal, esponjilla,<br />

estopa, estropajo, estropajole, jaboncillo, lufa, loufa,<br />

melocotón, mochilita, muñeco, musu, musú, paiste, paste, paxte,<br />

payste, pazte, servilleta del pobre<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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