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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 />

Myrcian<strong>the</strong>s pungens (O. Berg) Legrand [syn. Acreugenia pungens (O.<br />

Berg) Kausel, Eugenia pungens O. Berg]<br />

FAMILY: Myrtaceae (myrtle)<br />

SPANISH: arrayán, guabijú, guabirá, guabiyú, guavijú, guaviyú,<br />

guayabo, ibaviyú, m<strong>at</strong>o, yvavi’ju<br />

USES/NOTES: Pungent dark, pulpy fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en fresh or<br />

preserved.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: South America’s gre<strong>at</strong>er Gran Chaco region from<br />

Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, into nearby Brazil and Uruguay<br />

REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Brücher 1989, MBG n.d., Reed<br />

1995, Serrano and Terán 2000<br />

Myrciaria cauliflora (DC.) O. Berg [syn. Myrtus cauliflora Mart.]<br />

FAMILY: Myrtaceae (myrtle)<br />

ENGLISH: Brazilian grape tree, jaboticaba, sabara jaboticaba,<br />

tropical plum<br />

PORTUGUESE: camboim, goiaba-do-m<strong>at</strong>o, goiabinha, guaperu, guapuru,<br />

hivapuru, jaboticaba, jaboticaba-de-Campinas, jaboticaba-sabará,<br />

jabuticaba, jabuticaba-do-m<strong>at</strong>o, jabuticaba-paulista, jabuticabamurta,<br />

yabuticaba, yba-puru<br />

SPANISH: guapurú, jaboticaba<br />

USES/NOTES: Highly esteemed, though delic<strong>at</strong>e, juicy fruits, similar<br />

in appearance to muscadine grapes (Vitis rotundifolia), are e<strong>at</strong>en<br />

fresh, preserved, or made into fermented beverages. Bark and leaf<br />

are made into a medicinal tea. Fruits appear on <strong>the</strong> trunk and on<br />

older branches <strong>of</strong>ten hidden by foliage. The fruit is similar to<br />

those <strong>of</strong> M. jaboticaba, M. peruviana var. trunciflora, and M.<br />

tenella.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Sou<strong>the</strong>astern and central Brazil, eastern Paraguay,<br />

nor<strong>the</strong>rn Argentina, and Uruguay, now somewh<strong>at</strong> widespread in <strong>the</strong><br />

humid tropics and nearly frost-free areas <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> subtropics<br />

REFERENCES: Angely 1970, Brücher 1989, Cárdenas 1969, Facciola 1990,<br />

Guia Rural n.d., IBGE 1980, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Leung 1961, Morton<br />

1987a, Mowry et al. 1967, Rehm and Espig 1991, Usher 1974<br />

Myrciaria dubia (Kunth) McVaugh [syn. M. caurensis Steyerm., M.<br />

paraensis O. Berg, M. spruceana O. Berg, Psidium dubium Kunth]<br />

FAMILY: Myrtaceae (myrtle)<br />

ENGLISH: camu-camu<br />

PORTUGUESE: araçá, caçari, camu-camu<br />

SPANISH: camo-camo, camu-camu, guayabillo blanco, guayabito,<br />

guayabo<br />

USES/NOTES: Small, bright red to deep purple when fully m<strong>at</strong>ure, acid<br />

to sweet fruits are consumed fresh, as juice, or in ice cream.<br />

Vitamin C content is <strong>the</strong> highest <strong>of</strong> all known cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed plants,<br />

perhaps 30 times gre<strong>at</strong>er than Citrus species and twice th<strong>at</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

Barbados (or acerola) cherries (Malpighia spp.). Much potential<br />

for use in vitamin C supplements.<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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