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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 />

SPANISH: chiricaba, cocora, cocora montanera, cucura, paú shuina, paú<br />

shuiya, sacha uvilla, uva de monte<br />

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

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

Venezuela<br />

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

Pourouma villosa Trécul [syn. P. laevis Benoist]<br />

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

(mulberry)<br />

FRENCH: bois canon, papaye<br />

PORTUGUESE: embaúba-branca, imbaúba-benguê, imbaúba-branca, imbaúbade-cheiro-uvilha<br />

SPANISH: uva de monte<br />

SURINAMESE: boroma, kobé, manbospapaja, pourouma, puruma, yarayara<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Ecuador and Brazil to French Guiana and<br />

Surinam<br />

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

Pouteria amygdalicarpa (Pittier) Penn. [syn. Sideroxylon<br />

amygdalicarpum Pittier]<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (sapodilla)<br />

SPANISH: chupón, chupón colorado, níspero colorado, níspero monte,<br />

níspero zapote, sapotillo<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela, to 1,250<br />

meters<br />

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

1995<br />

Pouteria arguacoensium (Karsten) Baehni [syn. Lucuma arguacoensium<br />

Karsten]<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (sapodilla)<br />

SPANISH: manzana, manzano, nawe<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible and similar in taste to <strong>the</strong> unrel<strong>at</strong>ed<br />

mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana).<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Magdalena Valley, Colombia<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987, Pennington 1990, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Pouteria bilocularis (Winkler) Baehni<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (sapodilla)<br />

ENGLISH: moraballi<br />

PORTUGUESE: abiurana<br />

SPANISH: gallo runto, quinilla<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Guianas and Amazonian Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia,<br />

Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia<br />

REFERENCES: Pennington 1990<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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