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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 />

NATURAL RANGE: Texas, Mexico, and <strong>the</strong> West Indies<br />

REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984<br />

Oxyria digyna (L.) Hill<br />

FAMILY: Polygonaceae (buckwhe<strong>at</strong>)<br />

ENGLISH: alpine sorrel, mountain sorrel, round-leaf sorrel<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaves are used as a po<strong>the</strong>rb.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: North America and <strong>the</strong> Eurasian Arctic<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Harrington 1967, Mabberley 1987,<br />

Yanovsky 1936<br />

Pachira aqu<strong>at</strong>ica Aublet [syn. P. grandiflora Tussac, P. longifolia<br />

Hook., P. macrocarpa (Schltdl. & Cham.) Walp., Bombax aqu<strong>at</strong>icum<br />

(Aublet) Schumann]<br />

FAMILY: Malvaceae (mallow), previously Bombacaceae (silk-cotton)<br />

ENGLISH: American chestnut, Cayenne nut, Guinea chestnut, kwaheri,<br />

Malabar chestnut, provision tree, saba nut, wild ch<strong>at</strong>aigne, wild<br />

cocoa<br />

PORTUGUESE: cacao selvagen, castanheira-das-Guianas, castanha-do-<br />

Maranhão, embir<strong>at</strong>anha, imbiruçu, paina-de-Cuba, paneira-de-Cuba,<br />

sapote-grande, mamorana, monguba, munguba, mungubarana, samaúma<br />

SPANISH: amida, apombo, apompo, bellaco caspi, cacagüillo,<br />

cacaquillo, cacao cimarrón, cacao de agua, cacau de monte,<br />

carolina, castaño, castaño de mono, ceibillo, ceibo de agua,<br />

chila blanca, homoarao, huimba, palo de boya, punga,<br />

pumpunjunche, sacha pandicho, sacha pandisho, sapotón, shila<br />

blanca, sunzapote, tetón, wimba, zapote bobo, zapote de bobo,<br />

zapotón, zumzapote<br />

USES/NOTES: Roasted seeds, similar in flavor to peanuts (Arachis<br />

hypogaea), and fruit pulp are e<strong>at</strong>en in times <strong>of</strong> food shortages.<br />

Also medicinal.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics, probably Central America and Mexico,<br />

perhaps Brazil and <strong>the</strong> Guianas<br />

REFERENCES: Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Cavalcante 1991, Duke and<br />

Vásquez 1994, Facciola 1990, FUDENA n.d., Gómez-Beloz 2002, Graf<br />

1974, Hoyas 1989, Martin et al. 1987, OAS 1973, Omawale 1973,<br />

Silva et al. 1977, Soukup 1970, UFA/NYBG n.d., Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Pachira insignis (Sw.) Sw. ex Savigny [syn. P. spruceana Decne.,<br />

Bombax spruceanum (Decne.) Ducke]<br />

FAMILY: Malvaceae (mallow), previously Bombacaceae (silk-cotton)<br />

PORTUGUESE: mamomana-grande, munguba, nuni<br />

SPANISH: castaño, castañón, punga de altura<br />

USES/NOTES: Seeds are e<strong>at</strong>en roasted.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Antilles to Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Duke and Vásquez 1994, Facciola 1990, Hoyas 1989,<br />

Martin et al. 1987, UFA/NYBG n.d.<br />

Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum (Engelm.) Britton & Rose<br />

FAMILY: Cactaceae (cactus)<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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