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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 />

SPANISH: helecho real<br />

USES/NOTES: Fiddleheads are e<strong>at</strong>en cooked.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: North temper<strong>at</strong>e areas to Africa and South America<br />

REFERENCES: Mabberley 1987<br />

Ossaea capillaris (Don) Cogn.<br />

FAMILY: Melastom<strong>at</strong>aceae (dissotis or melastome)<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Ecuador<br />

REFERENCES: Bennett et al. 2001, Wurdack 1980<br />

Otholobium glandulosum (L.) Grimes [syn. Psoralea glandulosa L.]<br />

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

pea)<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaves are used for tea in Chile.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Andean to coastal Chile and Peru<br />

REFERENCES: Grimes 1990, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Otoba parvifolia (Markgraf) A. Gentry [syn. Dialyan<strong>the</strong>ra<br />

parvifolia Markgraf]<br />

FAMILY: Myristicaceae (nutmeg)<br />

PORTUGUESE: macis, moscadeira, noz-moscada, tauá, ucuúba, ucuúbabranca,<br />

ucuúba-da-terra-firme, ucuúba-vermelha<br />

SPANISH: aguanillo, cumala colorada, mamilla<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Tropical South America<br />

REFERENCES: Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Duke and Vásquez 1994, Gentry<br />

1979b, La Rotta 1992, Renner et al. 1990, UFA/NYBG n.d.<br />

Our<strong>at</strong>ea macrobotrys Rusby and O. nitida Engl.<br />

FAMILY: Ochnaceae (Ochna)<br />

USES/NOTES: E<strong>at</strong>en by <strong>the</strong> Chácobo <strong>of</strong> Bolivia (O. macrobotrys) and<br />

<strong>the</strong> Kayapó <strong>of</strong> Brazil (O. nitida).<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonia<br />

REFERENCES: Anderson and Posey 1989, Boom 1989<br />

Oxalis acetosella L.<br />

FAMILY: Oxalidaceae (wood-sorrel)<br />

ENGLISH: European wood-sorrel, Irish shamrock, shamrock, trefoil,<br />

wood-sorrel<br />

PORTUGUESE: azedinha, oxálida-azeda, oxális-azeda<br />

SPANISH: ecederilla<br />

USES/NOTES: Tart leaves and stems <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> true Irish shamrock are<br />

e<strong>at</strong>en fresh or cooked, sometimes with sugar as a dessert food.<br />

The flavor is similar to sorrel (Rumex acetosa).<br />

NATURAL RANGE: North temper<strong>at</strong>e regions, perhaps originally<br />

restricted to north temper<strong>at</strong>e Eurasia and possibly Japan, now<br />

widely n<strong>at</strong>uralized<br />

REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Fernald et al. 1958, Harris<br />

1972, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Wiersema and León 1999, Yanovsky 1936<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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