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

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Bennett et al. 2001, Carneiro Martins 1989,
Cox and Moore 1993, Facciola 1990, Fernald et al. 1958, Gibbons and
Tucker 1979, Harrington 1967, Kermath (notes), Tomikel 1986,
Yanovsky 1936
Platanthera sparsiflora (S. Watson) Schltr. var. sparsiflora [syn.
Habenaria sparsiflora S. Watson]
FAMILY: Orchidaceae (orchid)
ENGLISH: fringe orchid
USES/NOTES: Plants are eaten as an emergency food.
NATURAL RANGE: Southwestern North America and adjacent Mexico
REFERENCES: Uphof 1968, Yanovsky 1936
Platanus occidentalis L.
FAMILY: Platanaceae (plane-tree)
ENGLISH: American sycamore, buttonball tree, buttonwood, plane tree,
sycamore
SPANISH: plátano de occidente, sicómoro
USES/NOTES: Sweet sap, of this large, deciduous tree with flaking bark
and large, lobed leaves, has been used for syrup and sugar and an
emergency source of water for drinking or cooking. As a shade tree,
the sycamore has been over planted throughout its range and beyond
and is susceptible to anthracnose.
NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America, from southeastern Canada to
northern Florida, west to central Texas and northeastern Mexico
REFERENCES: Fernald et al. 1958, Gibbons 1962, Godfrey 1988, Graves
1956, Hunter 1997, Nelson 1994, Peterson 1977
Platonia esculenta (Arruda) Rickett & Stafleu [syn. P. insignis
Mart., Aristoclesia esculenta Stuntz]
FAMILY: Clusiaceae (mangosteen) or Guttiferae (garcinia)
ENGLISH: bacur, bacuri, bacury, bakuri, bakury, Guiana orange
PORTUGUESE: bacuri, bacuri-açu, bacuri-pari, bacuri-uva, bacupari,
bacuriba, ibacopari
SPANISH: babari, bacurí, charichuelo, pacuri
USES/NOTES: Sweet to acidic fruit is eaten out of hand when sweet, and
used in candies, ice cream, and juice when acid, seed is edible,
medicinal, and contains an oil used in candles and soap. Wood is
used in construction.
NATURAL RANGE: Central and eastern Amazonian Brazil and pre-Amazonia
(Maranhão, Piauí, and Goiás) to the Guianas and southern Venezuela
and perhaps northeastern Paraguay
REFERENCES: Balée 1994, Bourke et al. 1987, Cavalcante 1991, IBGE
1980, Leung 1961, Mabberley 1987, Martin et al. 1987, Peret 1985,
Popenoe 1974, Rehm and Espig 1991, Silva et al. 1977, Steyermark et
al. 1995
Platymiscium pinnatum (Jacq.) Dugand
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or pea)
SPANISH: cachimbo, cristobal, roble
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