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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 />

FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)<br />

ENGLISH: aronia, black 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, but are used commercially more<br />

for juice. Fruits also contain antioxidants in some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> highest<br />

concentr<strong>at</strong>ions <strong>of</strong> any food plant. Also popular as an arnamental for<br />

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

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

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Fernald et al. 1958, Gibbons and Tucker<br />

1979, Wu et al. 2004<br />

Photinia pyrifolia (Lam.) K.R. Robertson & J.B. Phipps [syn. Aronia<br />

arbutifolia (L.) Pers., Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Pers. var.<br />

brilliantissima hort., Cr<strong>at</strong>aegus pyrifolia Lam., Mespilus<br />

arbutifolia L., Pyrus arbutifolia (L.) L.f., Sorbus arbutifolia<br />

(L.) Heynh.]<br />

FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)<br />

ENGLISH: red chokeberry<br />

USES/NOTES: Small, bright red, astringent fruits were used in pemmican<br />

and may be consumed cooked, preserved, or as juice. Aronia x<br />

prunifolia, <strong>the</strong> hybrid <strong>of</strong> A. arbutifolia x A. melanocarpa, is known<br />

as <strong>the</strong> purple chokeberry. Also popular as an arnamental for its<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America to Texas<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Godfrey 1988, Sturtevant 1972<br />

Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steudel [syn. P. communis<br />

Trin.]<br />

FAMILY: Gramineae or Poaceae (grass)<br />

ENGLISH: cane, common reed, giant reed, giant reedgrass, reed, reed<br />

grass, roseau, roseau cane, yellow cane<br />

SPANISH: carrizo<br />

USES/NOTES: Seeds and shoots <strong>of</strong> this wetland grass are edible, and<br />

roots are made into flour and contain a sweet exud<strong>at</strong>e once e<strong>at</strong>en<br />

by n<strong>at</strong>ive Americans.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: uncertain, now cosmopolitan<br />

REFERENCES: Blossey 2003, Mabberley 1987, Saltonstall 2002, Uph<strong>of</strong><br />

1968, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Phyla scaberrima (A. Juss. ex Pers.) Mold.<br />

FAMILY: Verbenaceae (verbena)<br />

ENGLISH: Aztec sweet herb, sweet lippia<br />

SPANISH: oro azul, orosul, orozuz<br />

USES/NOTES: Roots taste like common licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra)<br />

and leaves are added to salads, used as a condiment, or chewed<br />

for <strong>the</strong>ir sweetness.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Kunkel 1984, Linneo n.d., Williams 1981<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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