Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
NATURAL RANGE: South-central U.S. through Mexico and Central America
to tropical South America – considered naturalized in southern
Brazil, Florida and elsewhere
REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984, Bailey Hortorium 1976, Denton 1973,
Hickman 1993, Wiersema and León 1999, Wunderlin 1998
Oxalis oregana Nutt. in Torrey & A. Gray
FAMILY: Oxalidaceae (wood-sorrel)
ENGLISH: evergreen Oregon oxalis, Oregon oxalis, redwood sorrel
USES/NOTES: Leaves and stalks are eaten in salads, and stalks are
used in pies.
NATURAL RANGE: Pacific coast from British Columbia to northern
California, especially in shaded redwood forests
REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Kirk 1970, Munz and Keck 1959
Oxalis pes-caprae L.
FAMILY: Oxalidaceae (wood-sorrel)
ENGLISH: Bermuda buttercup, buttercup oxalis, soursob
USES/NOTES: Bulbs reportedly are edible.
NATURAL RANGE: South Africa, widely naturalized in warm regions
REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Mabberley 1987, Munz and Keck
1959, Wiersema and León 1999, Zuloaga 1997
Oxalis stricta L.
FAMILY: Oxalidaceae (wood-sorrel)
ENGLISH: common yellow oxalis, erect woodsorrel, sheep sorrel,
sourgrass, tall wood-sorrel, toad sorrel, upright yellow-sorrel,
upright yellow wood-sorrel, yellow oxalis, yellow wood-sorrel
USES/NOTES: Leaves and stems are eaten raw or cooked. The Kiowa
Indians chewed the leaves to relieve thirst. Seedpods (called
little bananas), flowers, and bulbs also are edible. The plant
was a food item in pre-European North America.
NATURAL RANGE: Temperate North America and Asia, naturalized
elsewhere
REFERENCES: Bonzani et al. 2002, Correll and Johnston 1970, Fernald
1950, Kindscher 1987, Long and Lakela 1971, Peterson 1977, Uphof
1968, Yanovsky 1936
Oxalis tetraphylla Cav. [syn. O. deppei Lodd. ex Sweet]
FAMILY: Oxalidaceae (wood-sorrel)
ENGLISH: Deppe’s wood-sorrel, false shamrock, four-leaved clover,
good-luck leaf, good-luck plant, iron cross oxalis, iron cross
plant, lucky clover, Mexican wood-sorrel
USES/NOTES: Leaves and flowers are eaten in salads and roots are
eaten boiled.
NATURAL RANGE: Central and southern Mexico, portions of Central
America, and perhaps beyond, now cosmopolitan
REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Burger 1991, Facciola 1990,
Mabberley 1987, Uphof 1968
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