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

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
curuapé, cururu, cururu-apé, guaratimbo, mafome, mata-fome, mataporco,
sipo-timbo, timbo, timbó, timbó-cipó, timbó-de-peixe,
timbó-liane, timbó-sipo, tingui, tipi, tururu-ape
SPANISH: apgi, azucarito, barbasco, bejuco costilla, bejuco de
barbasco, bejuco de costilla, bejuco de tres filos, bejuco de
vieja, bejuco de zarcillo, bejuco prieto, bejuco vaquero, bejuco
zarcillo, bejuquillo, chilmecate, cuamecate, cuaumecate, guarana,
liane carrée, luruche, macalte-id, morolico, nistamal,
nistamalillo, pate, pietie, pozolillo, sachahuasca, sapo huasca,
tie-tie, timbó, trefilo, tres filos
USES/NOTES: Aril and flowers are occasionally eaten, plant contains
a fish poison, and roots and crushed leaves are medicinal.
NATURAL RANGE: Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies and
perhaps Africa
REFERENCES: Brücher 1989, Carneiro Martins 1989, Croat 1977, Duke
1986, Duke and Vásquez 1994, Facciola 1990, OAS 1973, Omawale
1973, Prance and Balick 1990
Paullinia yoco R. Schultes & Killip
FAMILY: Sapindaceae (soapberry or soapwort)
SPANISH: canaguche yoco, huarmi yoco, po-yoko, taruco yoco, tigre
yoco, totoa-yoco, yagé-yoco, yoco, yoco colorado, yoco blanco,
yoco-cu, yoco de brujo, yoco negro, yoco verde, yoco-yajé
USES/NOTES: Caffeine-rich stems are used to make a highly
stimulating beverage with hallucinogenic properties. Becoming
more scarce in the wild due to over-harvest.
NATURAL RANGE: Northwestern South America, probably confined to the
border region of Colombia and Peru
REFERENCES: Duke and Vásquez 1994, Martin et al. 1987, Schultes
1986, Schultes and Raffauf 1990, Uphof 1968
Pectis papposa A. Gray
FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)
ENGLISH: cinchweed, chinchweed, fetid marigold, many-bristle
chinchweed
USES/NOTES: Flowers, leaves, and seeds have been used as a spice,
and leaves are eaten as a vegetable.
NATURAL RANGE: Southwestern U.S.
REFERENCES: Correll and Johnston 1970, Kirk 1970, Uphof 1968,
Yanovsky 1936
Pedicularis langsdorfii Fischer ex Steven
FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae (figwort or snapdragon)
ENGLISH: Arctic lousewort, Langsdorf’s lousewort, lousewort
USES/NOTES: Leaves and roots are edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Canadian arctic
REFERENCES: Hultén 1968, Kunkel 1984, Mabberley 1987, Uphof 1968
Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit.
FAMILY: Euphorbiaceae (spurge)
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