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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: Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Duke and Vásquez 1994,<br />

Schultes 1979b<br />

Micropholis acutangula (Ducke) Eyma<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (spapodilla)<br />

PORTUGUESE: abiu-carambola<br />

USES/NOTES: Sweet, elong<strong>at</strong>ed, ribbed fruit, similar in shape to <strong>the</strong><br />

carambola (Averrhoa carambola), though with more rounded ribs, is<br />

edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Nor<strong>the</strong>astern and central Amazonian Brazil and French<br />

Guiana<br />

REFERENCES: Cavalcante 1991, Pennington 1990<br />

Micropholis crotonoides (Pierre) Pierre in Pierre & Urban<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (sapodilla)<br />

FRENCH: bal<strong>at</strong>a chien<br />

SPANISH: caimitillo, vara de maría<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits taste like grapes (Vitis spp.)<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Atlantic side <strong>of</strong> Costa Rica and Panama, western<br />

Colombia, northwestern Ecuador, nor<strong>the</strong>rn Venezuela, and portions<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lesser Antilles (St Lucia)<br />

REFERENCES: Pennington 1990<br />

Micropholis egensis (A. DC.) Pierre in Pierre & Urban<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (sapodilla)<br />

SPANISH: caimitillo, caimito, cajou, lagarto moona, quinilla,<br />

quinilla negra, sapote yacu, shakashak, yaas<br />

USES/NOTES: Two-three cm long fruit is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Panama, Colombia, and Amazonian Ecuador, Peru,<br />

Brazil, Venezuela, Surinam, and French Guiana, below 500 meters<br />

REFERENCES: Duke and Vásquez 1994, Pennington 1990<br />

Micropholis guyanensis (A. DC.) Pierre subsp. guyanensis<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (spapodilla)<br />

ENGLISH: wild bal<strong>at</strong>a, wild caimite, wild star apple<br />

PORTUGUESE: abiu, abiu mangabarana, abiurana, aca-cipó, babepa<br />

preta, bal<strong>at</strong>a brava, bal<strong>at</strong>a rosadinha, caramori, chicle bravo,<br />

maçaranduba, mangabarana, maparajuba, maparajuba de m<strong>at</strong>a, rosadabrava,<br />

rosada-mansa, rosadinha<br />

SPANISH: bal<strong>at</strong>a, bal<strong>at</strong>a gomosaa, bal<strong>at</strong>a rosada, bolaqueiro,<br />

bolaqueiro caspi colorado, caimite, caimitillo, caimitillo<br />

amarillo, chicle, caspi colorado, massarandubilla, olivo, purvio<br />

colorado, purvio negro, quinilla blanca, tariconana, tiorocoriba,<br />

torocoriba, tushmo blanco<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit is edible. L<strong>at</strong>ex has been mixed with better<br />

quality bal<strong>at</strong>as.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles, and<br />

nor<strong>the</strong>rn South America through tropical Brazil to Amazonian<br />

Bolivia<br />

REFERENCES: Bennett et al. 2001, Pennington 1990, Silva et al. 1977<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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