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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 />

Micropholis melinoniana Pierre<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (sapodilla)<br />

PORTUGUESE: abiufi<br />

SPANISH: baricoco, cajón, lagartomoena, lechoso, man<strong>at</strong>in, silion<br />

blanco<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Mexico, Central America, and Amazonian Ecuador, Peru,<br />

Venezuela, and Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Pennington 1990<br />

Micropholis obscura Penn.<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (sapodilla)<br />

ENGLISH: ufu<br />

PORTUGUGESE: abiurana-de-massa<br />

SPANISH: quinilla<br />

USES/NOTES: Sweet fruits reportedly taste like apples or prunes.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Peru, Brazil, and Venezuela, French Guiana,<br />

and Guyana<br />

REFERENCES: Pennington 1990<br />

Micropholis rugosa (Sw.) Pierre [syn. Sideroxylon rugosum (Sw.)<br />

Roemer & Schultes]<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (sapodilla)<br />

ENGLISH: beef apple, bull apple, bully apple<br />

USES/NOTES: Yellow to orange-yellow ripe fruit is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Jamaica<br />

REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Martin et al. 1987, Pennington 1990<br />

Micropholis venulosa (Mart. ex Eichler) Pierre<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (spapodilla)<br />

ENGLISH: fogel kop, kiudibushi, kudibushi, vogel kop<br />

PORTUGUESE: abiu, abiurana-branca, mulungu, piramiri, rosadinha,<br />

rosada verde, uvinha<br />

SPANISH: akayas, bal<strong>at</strong>illa, caimitillo negro, caimito, cupurillo,<br />

manigowae, mimisa yek, moraballi, palo de chamanare, palo<br />

peruano, palo sangre, purguillo félix, purquillo, rosada,<br />

sachapua, shaska-shakyas, timuri, yuquito<br />

USES/NOTES: Sweet fruit is e<strong>at</strong>en.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern Panama through lowland South America to<br />

coastal Brazil in <strong>the</strong> east and Peru in <strong>the</strong> south<br />

REFERENCES: Duke and Vásquez 1994, Pennington 1990, Silva et al.<br />

1977<br />

Mimulus gutt<strong>at</strong>us Fischer ex DC.<br />

FAMILY: Plantaginaceae (plantain), previously Scrophulariaceae<br />

(figwort or snapdragon)<br />

ENGLISH: common large monkeyflower, common monkeyflower, common<br />

yellow monkeyflower, seep monkeyflower, yellow monkeyflower<br />

USES/NOTES: Young, somewh<strong>at</strong> bitter leaves are added to salads.<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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