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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 />

FAMILY: Malvaceae (mallow)<br />

ENGLISH: blue mallow, high mallow, medicinal mallow<br />

PORTUGUESE: malva, malva-das-boticas, malva-das-hortas, malva-decasa,<br />

malva-grande, malva-maior, malva-medicinal, malva-selvagem,<br />

malva-silvestre<br />

SPANISH: malva, malva blanca, malva extranjera<br />

USES/NOTES: Although this plant’s principal use is for its<br />

medicinal leaves and flowers, leaves also are e<strong>at</strong>en like common<br />

spinach or made into tea, flowers are e<strong>at</strong>en as a vegetable, and<br />

unripe fruits are edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Temper<strong>at</strong>e Europe, n<strong>at</strong>uralized in <strong>the</strong> Americas<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Dalby 1968, Facciola 1990, Guia<br />

Rural n.d., IBGE 1980, Leung 1961, Mabberley 1987, Usher 1974<br />

Malva verticill<strong>at</strong>a L. and M. verticill<strong>at</strong>a L. var. crispa<br />

FAMILY: Malvaceae (mallow)<br />

ENGLISH: mallow, whorled mallow<br />

USES/NOTES: Plant is used as a po<strong>the</strong>rb and young fruits are edible.<br />

M. verticill<strong>at</strong>a var. crispa is cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: China, n<strong>at</strong>uralized in North America<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Harrington 1967, Mabberley 1987<br />

Malvaviscus arboreus Dill. ex Cav. var. arboreus [syn. M. arboreus<br />

var. mexicanus Schltdl.], M. penduliflorus DC. [syn. M. arboreus<br />

var. penduliflorus (DC.) Schery], and M. arboreus var. drummondii<br />

(Torrey & A. Gray) Schery [syn. M. drummondii Torrey & A. Gray]<br />

FAMILY: Malvaceae (mallow)<br />

ENGLISH: Chinese h<strong>at</strong>, Drummond’s wax-mallow (var. drummondii), fire<br />

dart, firecracker hibiscus, Mexican Turk’s cap, pepper hibiscus<br />

(M. penduliflorus), sleeping hibiscus, Texas mallow (var.<br />

drummondii), Turk’s cap, wild apple, wild manzanilla, wax mallow,<br />

yori<br />

PORTUGUESE: hibisco-colibri, malvavisco, malvavisco-rosa, malvisco<br />

SPANISH: amapala, amapola, amapola de monte, avispa, chitzu,<br />

cucarda caspi (M. penduliflorus), flor de arito, flor de santos,<br />

ix bek’em, malvavisco, manzanilla, manzanita silvestre, mar<br />

pacífico, mazapán (M. penduliflorus), molinillo (M.<br />

penduliflorus), monacillo, monacillo colorado (M. penduliflorus),<br />

mozote, piñon ceque<strong>at</strong>i (M. penduliflorus), obelisco de la sierra,<br />

quesillo, quesito, simonillo (M. penduliflorus), sísip, tripa de<br />

buey, tlalxonpili, tulipán, tulipán silvestre, tulipancillo,<br />

xbisil<br />

USES/NOTES: Small green fruit, becoming white <strong>the</strong>n red when ripe,<br />

is edible. The sometimes vining or spreading shrub is cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed<br />

primarily for its showy red nodding flowers. Taxanomic<br />

uncertainty persists; M. arboreus var. drummondii and M.<br />

penduliflorus may or may not be distinc taxa.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: M. arboreus var. arboreus from sou<strong>the</strong>rn Texas to<br />

Brazil, M. arboreus var. drummondii from Texas and Mexico, and M.<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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