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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 />

USES/NOTES: Young fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en cooked and dried fruits are<br />

medicinal. The m<strong>at</strong>ure fruit fiber is used as a filter, a sponge,<br />

and for stuffing or padding, as in packaging.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: India (probably Northwestern India)<br />

REFERENCES: Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute 1974, Duke 1986,<br />

Guia Rural n.d., IBGE 1980, Mabberley 1987, Martin 1979, Martin<br />

1984b, Oldfield 1981, Omawale 1973, OAS 1973, Padoch and de Jong<br />

1991, Rehm and Espig 1991, Rodríguez Martínez 1987, von Reis<br />

Altschul and Lipp 1982<br />

Luffa aegyptiaca Miller [syn. L. cylindrica (L.) Roemer]<br />

FAMILY: Cucurbitaceae (gourd)<br />

ENGLISH: b<strong>at</strong>h sponge, Chinese okra, dishcloth gourd, ghingie,<br />

lo<strong>of</strong>ah, luffa, smooth lo<strong>of</strong>ah, sponge gourd, vegetable gourd<br />

PORTUGUESE: bucha, bucha de coco, bucha de pescador, bucha de purga,<br />

bucha dos paulistas, buchinha, esfregão, esponja-vegetal, fruta<br />

dos paulistas, gonçalinho, lava pr<strong>at</strong>os, maxixe-do-Pará, pepinobravo,<br />

quingombô grande<br />

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

vegetal, estopa, estopón, esponjilla, estropajo, estropajole,<br />

jaboncillo, lufa, loufa, melocotón, mochilita, muñeco, musu,<br />

musú, paiste, paste, paxte, payste, pazte, servilleta del pobre,<br />

tzonayotli<br />

USES/NOTES: Young fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en cooked, dried fruits are<br />

medicinal, and m<strong>at</strong>ure fruit’s fiber is used as a filter, a<br />

sponge, or for stuffing and padding, as in packaging.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: India (probably Northwestern India)<br />

REFERENCES: Duke 1986, Guia Rural n.d., IBGE 1980, Martin 1979,<br />

Martin 1984b, Oldfield 1981, Omawale 1973, OAS 1973, Price 1990,<br />

Rodríguez Martínez 1987<br />

Luffa opercul<strong>at</strong>a (L.) Cogn.<br />

FAMILY: Cucurbitaceae (gourd)<br />

ENGLISH: lo<strong>of</strong>ah, luffa<br />

PORTUGUESE: buchinha-do-nordeste, buchinha-do-norte, cabacinha,<br />

esponja-vegetal<br />

SPANISH: esponja vegetal<br />

USES/NOTES: Young fruits <strong>of</strong> non-bitter varieties are e<strong>at</strong>en cooked.<br />

Fiberous m<strong>at</strong>ure fruit is used as a sponge.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics<br />

REFERENCES: Accorsi et al. n.d., Brücher 1989<br />

Lupinus albus L. [syn. L. termis Forssk.]<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or<br />

pea)<br />

ENGLISH: Egyptian lupine, field lupine, tremoco, white lupine,<br />

wolfbean<br />

PORTUGUESE: tremoço-branco<br />

SPANISH: altramuz blanco, lupino, lupino blanco, tremoco<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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