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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 />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp <strong>of</strong> this increasingly rare, cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed species<br />

is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Mexico, Gu<strong>at</strong>emala, and perhaps El Salvador<br />

REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984, Breedlove 1986, León 1987, Pennington 1990<br />

Pouteria jariensis Pires & Penn.<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (sapodilla)<br />

FRENCH: zolive<br />

PORTUGUESE: abiu, guajará<br />

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

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

REFERENCES: Pennington 1990<br />

Pouteria laevig<strong>at</strong>a (Mart.) Radlk.<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (sapodilla)<br />

PORTUGUESE: abiurana, abiurana da casca grossa, abiuran sapota,<br />

caramuri, caucho<br />

SPANISH: árbol de churuco, caimitillo, caramury caucho, pendare<br />

rebalsero, quina quina blanca, shiringa arana<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Colombia, Peru, and Brazil, to French Guiana<br />

REFERENCES: Duke and Vásquez 1994, Pennington 1990<br />

Pouteria lucuma (Ruiz & Pavón) Kuntze [syn. P. insignis Baehni,<br />

Achras lucuma Ruiz & Pavón, Lucuma bifera Molina, L. obov<strong>at</strong>a<br />

Kunth., L. turbin<strong>at</strong>a Molina, Richardella lucuma (Ruiz & Pavón)<br />

Aubrév.]<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (sapodilla)<br />

ENGLISH: lucuma<br />

PORTUGUESE: abiurana<br />

SPANISH: logma, lohma, louma, lucma, lucmo, lúcuma, lucumo, lugma,<br />

maco, mamón, rucma, sapote mamei<br />

USES/NOTES: Cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed centuries for its highly esteemed large (to 12<br />

cm long), fruits, which are sold in markets.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Andes from Colombia to nor<strong>the</strong>rn Chile<br />

REFERENCES: Campbell 1984, Estrella 1991, León 1987, Morton 1987a,<br />

N<strong>at</strong>ional Research Council 1989, OAS 1973, Pennington 1990, Popenoe<br />

1974, Smith et al. 1992<br />

Pouteria macrocarpa (Mart.) Dietr. [syn. Lab<strong>at</strong>ia macrocarpa Mart.,<br />

Lucuma paraensis Standley]<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (sapodilla)<br />

PORTUGUESE: abiu grande, abiurana cutitiribá, cabeça-de-macaco,<br />

cortica, cutitiribá, cutitiribá-amarelo, genipapo, t<strong>at</strong>uruba<br />

SPANISH: caimito brasileño, lucuma<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits are said to be e<strong>at</strong>en in Brazil, but also poisonous<br />

in Colombia.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Costa Rica, Colombia, and Amazonian Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Duke and Vásquez 1994, IBGE 1980, Martin et al. 1987,<br />

Pennigton 1990, Silva et al. 1977<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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