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

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SPANISH: barba de ángel
USES/NOTES: Aril is edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Southern Mexico to Colombia
REFERENCES: Britton and Killip 1936, Breedlove 1986, Martin et al.
1987
Pithecellobium lanceolatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Benth.
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae (bean or pea)
SPANISH: buche
USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Colombia
REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987
Pithecellobium unguis-cati (L.) Benth.
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae (bean or pea)
ENGLISH: black Jessie, blackbead, catclaw, catclaw blackbead, cat’s
claw
USES/NOTES: Young fruit pod of this spineless woody shrub is eaten
infrequently.
NATURAL RANGE: Northern South America to South Florida
REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Mabberley 1987, Nelson 1994,
Taylor 1998, Uphof 1968
Plantago lanceolata L.
FAMILY: Plantaginaceae (plantain)
ENGLISH: lamb’s tongue, rib grass, ribwort, ribwort plantain
PORTUGUESE: tanchagem, tanchagem lanceolata, tanchagem miúda
SPANISH: llanten
USES/NOTES: Seeds and cooked young leaves can be eaten as emergency
foods. Also medicinal.
NATURAL RANGE: Eurasia, widely naturalized
REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Carneiro Martins 1989, Facciola 1990,
Harrington 1967, Uphof 1968
Plantago major L. [also P. rugelii Decne.]
FAMILY: Plantaginaceae (plantain)
ENGLISH: American plantain (P. rugelii), black-seeded plantain (P.
rugelii), broad-leaved plantain, common plantain, English plantain,
greater plantain, Indian wheat, plantain, red-stalked plantain (P.
rugelii), Rugel’s plantain (P. rugelii)
PORTUGUESE: tanchagem, tanchagem maior, tansagem, transage,
tranchagem, transagem
SPANISH: llanten
USES/NOTES: Young leaves can be eaten as cooked greens, as a potherb,
pureed or blanched in salads, or dried for tea. Uncooked mature
leaves may cause indigestion. Seeds may be parched and ground into
meal. Roots are edible, though rarely eaten. The plant is medicinal
in Peru. P. rugelii has been used as a potherb in the Rocky
Mountains and is a green, gold, or yellow dye source.
NATURAL RANGE: perhaps Eurasia, now cosmopolitan
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