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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 />

FAMILY: Pinaceae (pine)<br />

ENGLISH: alpine fir, sub-alpine fir<br />

PORTUGUESE: abeto<br />

SPANISH: abeto, abeto alpino, abeto blanco americano, abeto<br />

subalpino, pinabete<br />

USES/NOTES: Young branch tips are used for tea.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Alaska through California and highland Arizona<br />

REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, FNAEC 1993, Turner and<br />

Szczawinski 1978<br />

Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook.<br />

FAMILY: Nyctaginaceae (four o’clock)<br />

ENGLISH: fragrant verbena, fragrant white abronia, heart’s-delight,<br />

sand verbena, snowball, snowbell, sweet sand-verbena<br />

USES/NOTES: Amerindians <strong>of</strong> New Mexico ground <strong>the</strong> roots and added<br />

<strong>the</strong>m to corn prepar<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Western Gre<strong>at</strong> Plains from Texas north to <strong>the</strong> Pacific<br />

Northwest<br />

REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, LBJWC n.d., Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Yanovsky<br />

1936<br />

Abronia l<strong>at</strong>ifolia Eschsch.<br />

FAMILY: Nyctaginaceae (four o’clock)<br />

ENGLISH: seacoast abronia, yellow sand-verbena<br />

USES/NOTES: Roots were e<strong>at</strong>en by <strong>the</strong> Chinook Indians primarily as an<br />

emergency food.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Western North America<br />

REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Facciola 1990, Hickman 1993,<br />

Kunkel 1984, Munz 1974, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Abrus prec<strong>at</strong>orius L.<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or<br />

pea)<br />

ENGLISH: coral pea, crab’s-eye, Indian licorice, jequirity bean,<br />

jequirity seeds, jumbie beads, lucky beans, p<strong>at</strong>ernoster beans,<br />

prec<strong>at</strong>ory-bean, rosary pea, wild liquorice<br />

PORTUGUESE: tento-pequeno<br />

SPANISH: chubaroki, huailulo, jequerite, ojo de cangrejo, peonía,<br />

peronilla<br />

USES/NOTES: Roots have been used like common licorice (Glycyrrhiza<br />

glabra) as a flavoring agent. Deeply colored black and red,<br />

poisonous seeds, known as jequirity beans, are used as beads for<br />

necklaces and similar ornaments. Abrin, a deadly phytotoxin<br />

extracted from <strong>the</strong> seed, is used in medicines in India.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: East Indies, widely n<strong>at</strong>uralized elsewhere<br />

REFERENCES: Cid 1978, Duke 1986, FLEPPC 2003, Mabberley 1987, Uph<strong>of</strong><br />

1968, Usher 1974, Wiersema et al. 1990<br />

Abuta obov<strong>at</strong>a Diels<br />

FAMILY: Menispermaceae (moonseed)<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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