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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 />

Prunus armeniaca L.<br />

FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)<br />

ENGLISH: apricot<br />

PORTUGUESE: abricó, damasco<br />

SPANISH: abridor, albaricoque, albaricoquero, chabacano, chabano,<br />

damasco<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits are consumed fresh, dried, canned, in pastries, in<br />

ice cream, or as juice. Seeds are e<strong>at</strong>en raw and also contain a<br />

semi-drying, edible oil used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and<br />

foods. Cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed for nearly 4,000 years.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: China<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Facciola 1990, Harrington 1967, IBGE<br />

1980, Mabberley 1987, Schneider 1987, Soukup 1970, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Prunus avium (L.) L.<br />

FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)<br />

ENGLISH: gean, hagberry, mazzard, sweet cherry, wild cherry, wild<br />

sweet cherry<br />

PORTUGUESE: cereja-da-Europa, cereja-dos-pássaros, cereja-galega<br />

SPANISH: cereso, cereza, cerezo, cerezo dulce, cereza dulce<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Eurasia<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Duke and Vásquez 1994, Facciola 1990,<br />

IBGE 1980, Mabberley 1987, Sauer 1993, Schneider 1987, Sturtevant<br />

1972, Vásquez and Gentry 1989, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Prunus besseyi Bailey<br />

FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)<br />

ENGLISH: Bessey cherry, bush berry, Rocky Mountain cherry, western<br />

sand cherry<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en out <strong>of</strong> hand, dried, or cooked.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Western North America<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Fernald 1950, Harrington 1967, Medsger<br />

1939, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.<br />

FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)<br />

ENGLISH: cherry plum, myrobalan, myrobalan plum, mirabelle, Newport<br />

plum<br />

PORTUGUESE: cereja<br />

SPANISH: cereza, mirobolán, mirobálano<br />

USES/NOTES: Used mainly as a root stock for o<strong>the</strong>r Prunus spp., though<br />

also planted as an ornamental and for its edible, though inferior<br />

fruit.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Caucusus <strong>of</strong> Western Asia<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Johns and Stevenson 1985, Mabberley<br />

1987, Sauer 1993, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Prunus cerasus L. [probably derived from P. avium and P. fruticosa]<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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