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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 />

Pourouma acumin<strong>at</strong>a Mart. ex Miq.<br />

FAMILY: Cecropiaceae (cecropia or tree grape), previously Moraceae<br />

(mulberry)<br />

PORTUGUESE: imbaúba-puruma, map<strong>at</strong>i<br />

SPANISH: sacha uvilla, uvilla<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Peru and Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Berg et al. 1990, Martin et al. 1987<br />

Pourouma bicolor Mart. subsp. bicolor [syn. P. schultesii Cu<strong>at</strong>rec.]<br />

FAMILY: Cecropiaceae (cecropia or tree grape), previously Moraceae<br />

(mulberry)<br />

PORTUGUESE: garguaba, imbaúba, imbaúbarana, map<strong>at</strong>irana, tamaoquare,<br />

torém-abac<strong>at</strong>e<br />

SPANISH: caimarón de mico, cay-bari-cay, cirpe hembra, cirpe macho,<br />

cormi, cucura, cucure, paú shuina, sarasara, sirpe hembra, sirpe<br />

macho, uva de monte, uva menueda<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits are edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonia and <strong>the</strong> Guianas<br />

REFERENCES: Bennett et al. 2001, Berg et al. 1990, UFA/NYBG n.d.<br />

Pourouma bicolor Mart. subsp. tessmannii (Mildbr.) C. Berg & van<br />

Heusden [syn. P. tessmannii Mildbr.]<br />

FAMILY: Cecropiaceae (cecropia or tree grape), previously Moraceae<br />

(mulberry)<br />

SPANISH: shuiya, tanta shuiya, tentar shuina, uva de monte<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits are edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Peru and Ecuador and western Amazonian Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Bennett et al. 2001, Berg et al. 1990<br />

Pourouma cecropiifolia Mart. [syn. P. sapida Karsten]<br />

FAMILY: Cecropiaceae (cecropia or tree grape), previously Moraceae<br />

(mulberry)<br />

ENGLISH: Amazon grape, Amazon tree grape, grape tree, uvilla<br />

PORTUGUESE: ambaúba-do-vinho, ambaúva-mansa, cucura, cucuva, embaúba,<br />

imbaúba, imbaúba-do-vinho, imbaúba-mansa, imbaúba-de-cheiro,<br />

inbaúba, map<strong>at</strong>i, purumã, purumã-í, sucuba, sucuúba, tararangapreta,<br />

uva<br />

SPANISH: baacohe, caimarón, caimarón guarumo, caimarón silvestre,<br />

caime, caimurro, camuirro, chimiqua, cocura, cucura, guarumo,<br />

gurucaná, hiye, joyahiye, puruma, quëxquixauini, sadajii, sacha<br />

uvilla, sirpe, suia, tanaribe, ubilla, uva, uva caimarona, uva del<br />

monte, uva silvestre, uvilla, uvo, xaquit<strong>at</strong>o<br />

USES/NOTES: Widely cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed for its pleasant tasting, grape-like<br />

fruit, e<strong>at</strong>en out <strong>of</strong> hand or made into beverages.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and<br />

Venezuela<br />

REFERENCES: Balick 1985, Berg et al. 1990, Berg and Rosselli 1993,<br />

Boom 1987, Bourke et al. 1987, Cavalcante 1991, Clement et al.<br />

1982, Duke and Vásquez 1994, Leung 1961, Mabberley 1987, Morton<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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