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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 />

Oxalis cornicul<strong>at</strong>a L. [syn. O. repens Thunb.]<br />

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

ENGLISH: creeping lady’s sorrel, creeping oxalis, creeping woodsorrel,<br />

creeping woods, edge teeth, lady’s wood-sorrel, oxalis,<br />

procumbent yellow wood-sorrel, sheep sorrel, wild sorrel, woodsorrel,<br />

yellow oxalis, yellow sorrel, yellow wood-sorrel<br />

PORTUGUESE: azeda-rasteira, azedinha, trevo, trevo-azedo, pé-depombo,<br />

três-corações<br />

USES/NOTES: Tart leaves are e<strong>at</strong>en like sorrel (Rumex acetosa) or as<br />

a snack.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: uncertain, perhaps pan-tropical, now nearly<br />

cosmopolitan – considered n<strong>at</strong>ive in Florida<br />

REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Accorsi et al. n.d., Brako and Zarucchi<br />

1993, Conard 1969, Correll and Johnston 1970, Facciola 1990,<br />

Fernald 1950, IBGE 1980, Mabberley 1987, Marticorena and Quezada<br />

1985, Munz 1974, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Wunderlin 1998, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Oxalis cytisoides C. Mart. & Zucc. [syn. O. barrelieri L.]<br />

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

ENGLISH: Barrelier’s woodsorrel<br />

PORTUGUESE: azedinha, trevo-de-agua<br />

SPANISH: acederilla<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaves are e<strong>at</strong>en as a vegetable.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics from Costa Rica to Bolivia, <strong>the</strong> Guianas,<br />

Brazil, and perhaps Paraguay and nor<strong>the</strong>rn Argentina<br />

REFERENCES: Burger 1991, Foster 1958, IBGE 1980<br />

Oxalis debilis Kunth var. corymbosa (DC.) Lourteig [syn. O.<br />

corymbosa DC., O. martiana Zucc.]<br />

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

ENGLISH: lilac oxalis, pink wood-sorrel, shamrock, wood-sorrel<br />

PORTUGUESE: azedinha-de-sapo, macaxim, trevo-azedo<br />

USES/NOTES: Tart leaves are used as a seasoning with a flavor<br />

similar to tamarind (Tamarindus indica).<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Nor<strong>the</strong>rn South America to nor<strong>the</strong>rn Argentina,<br />

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

REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Jørgensen and León-Yánez 1999, Mabberley<br />

1987, Zuloaga 1997<br />

Oxalis l<strong>at</strong>ifolia Kunth [syn. O. intermedia A. Rich.]<br />

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

ENGLISH: broadleaf woodsorrel, Cuban purple woodsorrel (O.<br />

intermedia), fishtail oxalis (O. l<strong>at</strong>ifolia), pink shamrock (O.<br />

l<strong>at</strong>ifolia), West Indian woodsorrel (O. intermedia), wood-sorrel<br />

PORTUGUESE: azedinha-de-folhas-roxas<br />

SPANISH: hilil ts’ohool<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaves and stems are e<strong>at</strong>en as a vegetable or made into<br />

tea in Mexico. Oxalis l<strong>at</strong>ifolia and O. intermedia are considered<br />

distinct by some recent authorities.<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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