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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 />

Phoradendron californicum Nutt.<br />

FAMILY: Viscaceae or Loranthaceae (c<strong>at</strong>kin-mistletoe)<br />

ENGLISH: California mesquite mistletoe, desert mistletoe, mesquite<br />

mistletoe, mistletoe<br />

SPANISH: aaxt, guhoja, toji<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits may be e<strong>at</strong>en dried.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Sou<strong>the</strong>rn California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New<br />

Mexico, perhaps beyond<br />

REFERENCES: Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Phoradendron juniperinum Engelm. ex Gray<br />

FAMILY: Viscaceae or Loranthaceae (c<strong>at</strong>kin-mistletoe)<br />

ENGLISH: juniper mistletoe, mistletoe<br />

USES/NOTES: Hopi Indians used <strong>the</strong> seeds to make a c<strong>of</strong>fee-like<br />

beverage, fruit reportedly have been used as a famine food, and<br />

leaves have been used as a tea for childbirth.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Western U.S. from Oregon through Texas into Mexico<br />

REFERENCES: Kuijt 2003, Swank 1932, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Phormium tenax Forster & Forster f.<br />

FAMILY: Agavaceae (agave), previously Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis)<br />

ENGLISH: bush flax, New Zealand flax, New Zealand hemp<br />

PORTUGUESE: fórmio<br />

SPANISH: cáñamo de Nueva Zelanda, formio, fornio, lino de Nueva<br />

Zelanda<br />

USES/NOTES: Grown primarily for its fiber, though its sweet nectar<br />

is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: New Zealand<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Guia Rural n.d, Mabberley 1987<br />

Photinia floribunda (Lindl.) Robertson & Phipps [also tre<strong>at</strong>ed as <strong>the</strong><br />

Aronia x prunifolia (Marshall) Rehder (pro sp.) a hybrid A.<br />

arbutifolia (L.) Pers. and A. melanocarpa (Michaux) Elliott]<br />

FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)<br />

ENGLISH: black chokeberry, hybrid chokeberry, purple chokeberry<br />

USES/NOTES: Pectin- and sugar-rich fruits are astringent when raw, but<br />

may be e<strong>at</strong>en cooked or preserved, or for juice. Also popular as an<br />

ornamental for its showy flowers and to <strong>at</strong>tract birds.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America, cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed elsewhere<br />

REFERENCES:<br />

Photinia melanocarpa (Michaux) K.R. Robertson & J.B. Phipps [syn.<br />

Aronia melanocarpa (Michaux) Elliott, Aronia melanocarpa Spach<br />

nomen illegit., Aronia mitshurinii Skvortsov & Maitulina, Aronia<br />

nigra (Willd.) Koehne nomen illegit., Hahnia arbutifolia var. nigra<br />

Medik., Mespilus arbutifolia L. var. melanocarpa Michaux, Pyrus<br />

arbutifolia (L.) L.f. var. nigra Willd., Pyrus melanocarpa<br />

(Michaux) Willd., Pyrus nigra (Willd.) Sarg., Sorbus melanocarpa<br />

(Michaux) Heynh.]<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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