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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 />

Monarda pectin<strong>at</strong>a Nutt.<br />

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

ENGLISH: horse mint, miner’s lettuce, monarda, plains beebalm, pony<br />

beebalm, spotted beebalm<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaves are e<strong>at</strong>en as a spice with boiled me<strong>at</strong>.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: South-central U.S.<br />

REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Monolepsis nuttalliana (Schultes) E. Greene<br />

FAMILY: Chenopodiaceae (gooseffot)<br />

ENGLISH: poverty weed<br />

USES/NOTES: Roots are cooked in f<strong>at</strong> and seeds are used for pinole.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Western North America<br />

REFERENCES: Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Monstera adansonii Schott [syn. M. pertusa (L.) de Vriese]<br />

FAMILY: Araceae (arum or aroid)<br />

PORTUGUESE: chaga-de-são-sebastião, dragão-fedorento, folha-furada,<br />

imbé-furado, imbé-de-San-Pedro, imbé-manso, mimbi, são-pedro,<br />

timbo-manso<br />

SPANISH: harpón, hoja de serene, madre de harpón<br />

USES/NOTES: Ripe fruit spadix is sweet, though unripe fruit contains<br />

calcium oxal<strong>at</strong>e, which may upset <strong>the</strong> stomach.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics<br />

REFERENCES: Grupo de Comunicação Três 1998, Plowman 1969<br />

Monstera deliciosa Liebm.<br />

FAMILY: Araceae (arum or aroid)<br />

ENGLISH: ceriman, cheeseplant, delicious monstera, false<br />

breadfruit, hurricane plant, monstera, swiss-cheese plant<br />

PORTUGUESE: ananás japonês, banana-de-brejo, banana-de-macao,<br />

banana-do-m<strong>at</strong>o, costela-de-adão, fruta-de-México, monstera<br />

SPANISH: anona piña, árbol del pan mexicano, arpón común, balazo,<br />

cerimán, cerimán de México, filodendro, guembé, güembé, harpón,<br />

hojadillo, huracán, ojal, piña anona, piñanona<br />

USES/NOTES: Ripe fruit spadix is consumed fresh, as juice, in<br />

desserts, or in jelly and jam. Unripe spadix contains calcium<br />

oxal<strong>at</strong>e, which may upset <strong>the</strong> stomach. Aerial roots are used to<br />

make baskets. Also grown as a popular ornamental in <strong>the</strong> humid<br />

tropics and frost-free areas <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> subtropics and as a<br />

medicinal.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Mexico and Gu<strong>at</strong>emala, though widely<br />

cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed today<br />

REFERENCES: Bennett 1995, Bourke et al. 1987, Duke 1986, Kennard and<br />

Winters 1960, Mabberley 1987, Martin et al. 1987, Morton 1987a,<br />

OAS 1973, Plowman 1969, Usher 1974<br />

Monstera dilacer<strong>at</strong>a (K. Koch & Sello) K. Koch [syn. M. peruviana<br />

Engl.]<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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