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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 />

REFERENCES: IBGE 1980, León 1987, Leung 1961, Purseglove 1968, Sauer<br />

1993<br />

Lycopersicon esculentum Miller var. esculentum [syn. L.<br />

lycopersicum (L.) Karsten ex Farw., Solanum lycopersicum L.]<br />

FAMILY: Solanaceae (nightshade or pot<strong>at</strong>o)<br />

ENGLISH: common tom<strong>at</strong>o, tom<strong>at</strong>o<br />

PORTUGUESE: tom<strong>at</strong>e<br />

SPANISH: jiltom<strong>at</strong>e, jitom<strong>at</strong>e, tom<strong>at</strong>e, tom<strong>at</strong>e riñón, tom<strong>at</strong>l<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit is <strong>the</strong> tom<strong>at</strong>o <strong>of</strong> commerce, consumed as a vegetable<br />

(fresh, cooked, or preserved), in sauces, or as juice.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: uncertain, possible ancestors range from coastal<br />

Ecuador to coastal Chile, and from northwestern South America and<br />

Panama, yet domestic<strong>at</strong>ion probably took place first in <strong>the</strong><br />

Mexican highlands, where its progenitors may have arrived via<br />

bird droppings<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Brücher 1989, Heiser 1984, Jenkins<br />

1948, Leung 1961, Mabberley 1987, Naranjo 1991, Omawale 1973,<br />

Purseglove 1968, Sauer 1993, Simmons 1979<br />

Lycopersicon humboldtii Dunal<br />

FAMILY: Solanaceae (nightshade or pot<strong>at</strong>o)<br />

ENGLISH: Choco tom<strong>at</strong>o<br />

SPANISH: tom<strong>at</strong>e<br />

USES/NOTES: Small fruits <strong>of</strong> this possible ancestor <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> common<br />

tom<strong>at</strong>o are edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela, and perhaps<br />

elsewhere in <strong>the</strong> Neotropical mainland<br />

REFERENCES: Brücher 1989, Facciola 1990, Kunkel 1984<br />

Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium (L.) Miller<br />

FAMILY: Solanaceae (nightshade or pot<strong>at</strong>o)<br />

ENGLISH: currant tom<strong>at</strong>o, German raison tom<strong>at</strong>o<br />

USES/NOTES: Small fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en out <strong>of</strong> hand, cooked, dried, or<br />

pickled. Also used to cross with common tom<strong>at</strong>oes.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Western Peru<br />

REFERENCES: Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Facciola 1990, Mabberley 1987,<br />

Sauer 1993, Wilson 1992<br />

Lycopus asper E. Greene<br />

FAMILY: Labi<strong>at</strong>ae or Lamiaceae (mint)<br />

ENGLISH: clubmoss<br />

USES/NOTES: Roots are e<strong>at</strong>en boiled.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: North America<br />

REFERENCES: Yanovsky 1936<br />

Lycopus uniflorus Michaux<br />

FAMILY: Labi<strong>at</strong>ae or Lamiaceae (mint)<br />

ENGLISH: bugleweed<br />

USES/NOTES: White tubers are e<strong>at</strong>en cooked.<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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