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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

REFERENCES: Duke and Vásquez 1994, Gentry (A.) 1982<br />

Mansoa standleyi (Steyerm.) A. Gentry [syn. Pseudocalymma<br />

standleyi Steyerm.]<br />

FAMILY: Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper)<br />

SPANISH: ajo sacha<br />

USES/NOTES: Garlic-flavored leaves and stems are used as a<br />

seasoning.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics<br />

REFERENCES: Duke and Vásquez 1994, Gentry (A.) 1982<br />

Maranta arundinacea L.<br />

FAMILY: Marantaceae (arrowroot)<br />

ENGLISH: arrowroot, bermuda arrowroot, maranta, Saint Vincent<br />

arrowroot<br />

PORTUGUESE: agutiguepe, araia, araruta, embiri, vai-vem<br />

SPANISH: amaranta, ara-ruta, ararú, araruta, arroruz, arrurruz,<br />

aru-aru, bribri, caualla, chuchute, guapo, gu<strong>at</strong>e, jamachipeke,<br />

juajua, maranta, sagú, shimi pampana, tsmo, yuquilla, zulú<br />

USES/NOTES: Tubers, from cultivars or collected from <strong>the</strong> wild, are<br />

made into flour, starch (edible and industrial), baby food, and<br />

pudding. Finely ground powder is used in glue, body powders, and<br />

paperless carbon copying. Considered <strong>the</strong> most digestible starch.<br />

The arrowroot <strong>of</strong> commerce.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Venezuela and Brazil perhaps to <strong>the</strong> Lesser Antilles<br />

REFERENCES: Bh<strong>at</strong> 1994, Bourke et al. 1987, Brücher 1989, Cárdenas<br />

1969, Duke 1986, Duke and Vásquez 1994, Gragson 1997, Guia Rural<br />

n.d., Howard 1994, León 1987, Leung 1961, Mabberley 1987, Omawale<br />

1973, OAS 1973, Purseglove 1972, Yamaguchi 1983<br />

Maranta divaric<strong>at</strong>a Roscoe<br />

FAMILY: Marantaceae (arrowroot)<br />

USES/NOTES: Root is an emergency food in Paraguay.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics, perhaps Paraguay<br />

REFERENCES: Breedlove 1986, Brücher 1989<br />

Maranta ruiziana Koern.<br />

FAMILY: Marantaceae (arrowroot)<br />

SPANISH: maaihiiba<br />

USES/NOTES: Cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed for its edible root.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Tropical South America<br />

REFERENCES: Duke and Vásquez 1994, Kennedy et al. 1988<br />

Marcgravia sp.<br />

FAMILY: Marcgraviaceae (marcgravia)<br />

SPANISH: namontaque<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits <strong>of</strong> a climing Marcgravia species are e<strong>at</strong>en by<br />

Waorani children <strong>of</strong> Amazonian Ecuador.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonia<br />

REFERENCES: Davis and Yost 1983<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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