Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
FAMILY: Moraceae (mulberry)
ENGLISH: mulberry, Texas mulberry
SPANISH: mora
USES/NOTES: Red fruit is edible.
NATURAL RANGE: South-central and southwestern U.S. (southern Arizona
to southern Texas) through Mexico to Bolivia, though possibly
introduced to Ecuador
REFERENCES: Berg 1998, Breedlove 1986, Martin et al. 1987, MBG n.d.,
Shreve and Wiggins 1964
Morus nigra L.
FAMILY: Moraceae (mulberry)
ENGLISH: black mulberry, common mulberry, Persian mulberry
PORTUGUESE: amora preta
SPANISH: mora, mora negra, moral, moral negro, moreda, morera, moro
USES/NOTES: Fruit is edible and the source of a syrup used to sooth
sore throats.
NATURAL RANGE: West Asia, naturalized elsewhere
REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, IBGE 1980, Johns and Stevenson 1985,
Mabberley 1987, Rehm and Espig 1991, Usher 1974
Morus rubra L.
FAMILY: Moraceae (mulberry)
ENGLISH: red mulberry
PORTUGUESE: amora
SPANISH: mora, moral rojo
USES/NOTES: Delicate skinned fruits, orange-red to dark when ripe
and somewhat longer than those of the Asian white mulberry (M.
alba), are consumed out of hand, in pies and jellies, or as juice
and wine. Young, unfolding leaves may be eaten as a cooked
vegetable. Peterson warns that unripe fruits and uncooked greens
are hallucinogenic. Milky sap causes skin irritation. Small to
medium sized trees with generally downy leaves are messy due to
their abundant juicy fruits, but excel at attracting wildlife.
NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America from Ontario to Florida and
Texas, naturalized elsewhere
REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Breedlove 1986, Gibbons 1962,
Godfrey 1988, Harris 1972, Kermath (notes), Nelson 1994, Perkins
and Payne 1978, Peterson 1977, Sokolov 1991, Tomikel 1986, Turner
and Szczawinski 1979, Uphof 1968
Mouriri acutiflora Naudin [syn. M. pendulifolia Cogn.]
FAMILY: Melastomataceae (dissotis or melastome)
ENGLISH: mamuriballi
FRENCH: bois de fléche, bois de méche, topi
PORTUGUESE: cruili, muriti, murta-de-parida
SPANISH: guayavilla, lanza caspi, momo
USES/NOTES: Fruits are eaten.
NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil to
southern Venezuela, and the Guianas, and probably beyond
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