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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 />

Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E. Moore & Stern [syn. P. mammosa (L.)<br />

Cronq., Achras mammosa L. nomen illegit., Calocarpum mammosum (L.)<br />

Pierre, Calocarpum sapota (Jacq.) Merr., Lucuma mammosa A. DC.]<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (sapodilla)<br />

ENGLISH: mamey, mamey apple, mammee zapote, marmalade fruit,<br />

marmalade plum, red sapote, sapote<br />

PORTUGUESE: mamey, sapota, sapote<br />

SPANISH: chachaas, chachalhaas, guaicume, lava-zapote, mamey, mamey<br />

colorado, mamey de tierra, mamey m<strong>at</strong>a serrana, mamey rojo, mamey<br />

sapote, mamey-zapote, pixtle, sapota, sapote, sapote colorado,<br />

sapote de montaña, tezón-zapote, zapote, zapote colorado, zapote de<br />

carne, zapote de tierra, zapote grande, zapote mamey, zapotillo<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en fresh or preserved and are highly<br />

esteemed, l<strong>at</strong>ex has been used with chicle for chewing gum, and<br />

toasted and ground seeds, reminiscent <strong>of</strong> almonds, are used in<br />

sauces, sometimes added to chocol<strong>at</strong>e in parts <strong>of</strong> Mexico and Central<br />

America. Widely cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed and sold in markets.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Humid lowlands <strong>of</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn Mexico to Gu<strong>at</strong>emala and<br />

Honduras, possibly to nor<strong>the</strong>rn Nicaragua, widely cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed and<br />

n<strong>at</strong>uralized<br />

REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984, Coe 1994, Gregory 1960, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes),<br />

Leung 1961, Leving 1961, Morton 1987a, Mowry et al. 1967, Naranjo<br />

1991, OAS 1973, Pennington 1990, Popenoe 1974, Rehm and Espig 1991,<br />

Smith et al. 1992, Standley 1931, von Reis Altschul and Lipp 1982,<br />

Will 1991<br />

Pouteria simulans Monach.<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (sapodilla)<br />

SPANISH: anumu, purgo macho, trompillo<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is e<strong>at</strong>en locally in Anzoátegui, Venezuela.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela<br />

REFERENCES: Brako and Zarucchi 1993, MBG n.d., Pennington 1990<br />

Pouteria speciosa (Ducke) Baehni [syn. Lucuma speciosa Ducke,<br />

Richardella speciosa (Ducke) Aubrév.]<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (sapodilla)<br />

PORTUGUESE: pajurá, pajurá-de-Óbidos<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp, similar to th<strong>at</strong> <strong>of</strong> Couepia bracteosa, is e<strong>at</strong>en<br />

fresh or made into an alcoholic beverage.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Guyana, French Guiana, and Pará, Brazil, possibly to<br />

Surinam, and an isol<strong>at</strong>ed popul<strong>at</strong>ion in Amazonian Colombia<br />

REFERENCE: Cavalcante 1991, Martin et. al. 1987, Pennington 1990,<br />

Silva et al. 1977<br />

Pouteria splendens (A. DC.) Kuntze [syn. Lucuma valparadisea Molina]<br />

FAMILY: Sapotaceae (sapodilla)<br />

SPANISH: lucuma, lucumo, palo colorado<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Central Chile<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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