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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 />

PORTUGUESE: jaboticaba-de-cabinho, jaboticaba-de-cipó, jaboticabado-Pará,<br />

jaboticaba-miúda<br />

SPANISH: jaboticaba<br />

USES/NOTES: Juicy fruit is similar to a muscadine grape (Vitis<br />

rotundifolia).<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Brazil, nor<strong>the</strong>rn Argentina, and eastern<br />

Paraguay<br />

REFERENCES: Angely 1970, Bernardi 1985, IBGE 1980, Legrand 1962,<br />

Martin et al. 1987, M<strong>at</strong>tos 1983, Morton 1987a, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Myrciaria plic<strong>at</strong>ocost<strong>at</strong>a O. Berg<br />

FAMILY: Myrtaceae (myrtle)<br />

PORTUGUESE: cambucá<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987<br />

Myrciaria pumila (Gardner) O. Berg<br />

FAMILY: Myrtaceae (myrtle)<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987<br />

Myrciaria rivularis var. baporetii (Legrand) Legrand [syn. M.<br />

baporeti Legrand]<br />

FAMILY: Myrtaceae (myrtle)<br />

PORTUGUESE: yvaporoity<br />

USES/NOTES: Sweet fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en out <strong>of</strong> hand or made into an<br />

alcoholic beverage similar to aguardiente from sugar cane<br />

(Saccharum <strong>of</strong>ficinarum).<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Guyana, Brazil, and Paraguay<br />

REFERENCES: Reed 1995<br />

Myrciaria tenella (DC.) O. Berg [syn. Eugenia tenella DC.]<br />

FAMILY: Myrtaceae (myrtle)<br />

PORTUGUESE: cambiu preto, camboinzinho, cambuizeiro preto,<br />

goiabinha, guayabo colorado, jaboticaba-macia, murta-do-campo<br />

SPANISH: guayabo colorado<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern Amazonian Brazil through central coastal<br />

Brazil and Uruguay<br />

REFERENCES: Balée 1994, Balée and Gély 1989, Brako and Zarucchi<br />

1993, Martin et al. 1987, Morton 1987a, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Myrciaria vex<strong>at</strong>or McVaugh [syn. M. pittieri Burret ex Badillo]<br />

FAMILY: Myrtaceae (myrtle)<br />

ENGLISH: blue grape<br />

SPANISH: guayabo negro, pésjua morada<br />

USES/NOTES: Delicious fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en fresh or preserved.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Tropical South America<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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