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

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or
pea)
ENGLISH: black bean, common bean, cranberry bean, dwarf bean, field
bean, flageolet, French bean, garden bean, green bean, haricot
bean, harikot bean, kidney bean, navy bean, northern bean, pea
bean, pinto bean, popbeans, popping beans, senebone bean, snap
bean, string bean, wax bean, white bean
PORTUGUESE: chumbinho opaco, feijão, feijão-comum, feijão-vagem,
feijão-de-vagem, feijão-de-vara, feijoeiro, vagem, vagem-feijão
SPANISH: ajote, alubia, alubias rojas (red kidney bean variety),
ayacote, bajoca, balín, caraota, cocacho, chocho, cholo, cumandáabatity,
ejote, frejol, fréjol, frijol, frijol de castilla,
frijol de rienda, frijol mono, frijole, frijoles, frisol, haba,
judía, judía común, habichuela, habichuela colorada, habichuela
negra, habichuela verde, icaraota, nuñas (popping variety),
panamitos, patachete, pindayo, poncha, porotillo, poroto, purutu,
tapiramo, tineco, verdura, zarandaja
USES/NOTES: Dried seeds, of this most widely cultivated and highly
variable bean, are eaten after boiling, immature pods are eaten
as a vegetable, and leaves are sometimes used as a potherb.
Varieties from the Andes are dried and popped like popcorn.
Plants are used for fodder after harvesting the pods.
NATURAL RANGE: Uncertain, some varieties probably independently
domesticated in southern Mexico/Guatemala, in southern
Brazil/Paraguay, and others, such as the popping bean, in the
central Andes. The common bean’s likely progenitor, P. vulgaris
var. aborigineus, is widespread from southern Mexico to northern
Argentina. The common bean first appeared in the northeastern
U.S. before 1300 A.D.
REFERENCES: Albala 2007, Bourke et al. 1987, Brücher 1989, Coe
1994, Debouck et al. 1993, Duke 1981, Guia Rural n.d., Harlan
1971, Hart and Scarry 1999, Heiser 1979a, Horst 1992b, IBGE 1980,
Kaplan 1981, Kaplan and Kaplan 1988, Kaplan and Kaplan 1992, Kay
1979, Kermath (notes), Mabberley 1987, Madsen 1991, Maréchal et
al. 1978, Naranjo 1991, National Research Council 1989, Omawale
1973, OAS 1973, Singh et al. 1991, Smartt 1969, Smartt 1976,
Soukup 1970
Phenakospermum guyannense (Rich.) Endl. [syn. Ravenala guyannensis
(Rich.) Petersen]
FAMILY: Musaceae (banana) or Strelitziaceae (bird of paradise)
ENGLISH: big palulu, red traveler’s palm, South American traveler’s
palm, traveler’s palm
PORTUGUESE: banana-brava, banana-de-leque, banana-de-viajante,
pacosororoca, pacová-sororoca, sororoca
SPANISH: abacá, palmera suramericana de los viajeros, platanillo,
taná
USES/NOTES: Red aril is eaten by some Amazonians. Plant is
cultivated for its huge banana-like leaves.
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