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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 />

NATURAL RANGE: Nor<strong>the</strong>rn China, n<strong>at</strong>uralized elsewhere<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Godfrey 1988, Kartesz 1994, OAS 1973,<br />

Sauer 1993, Schneider 1987, Schwanitz 1966, Usher 1974<br />

Prunus persica (L.) B<strong>at</strong>sch var. nucipersica C. Schneider and P.<br />

persica (L.) B<strong>at</strong>sch var. nectarina Maxim. [syn. Amygdalus persica<br />

L.]<br />

FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)<br />

ENGLISH: nectarine<br />

PORTUGUESE: nectarina, pêssego<br />

SPANISH: abridero, abridor, blanquillo, griñón, melocotón, nectarina,<br />

nectarino<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit, a variety <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> common peach (Prunus persica), is<br />

e<strong>at</strong>en fresh, cooked, canned, or dried, and is used to flavor<br />

liqueurs.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: China<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Guia Rural n.d., IBGE 1980, Sauer<br />

1993, Usher 1974<br />

Prunus pumila L.<br />

FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)<br />

ENGLISH: sand cherry<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Central and nor<strong>the</strong>astren North America<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Fernald 1950, Gibbons and Tucker 1979,<br />

Yanovsky 1936<br />

Prunus salicina Lindley<br />

FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)<br />

ENGLISH: Japanese plum<br />

SPANISH: ciruela Reina Claudia<br />

USES/NOTES: Sweet fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en fresh, preserved, stewed, or in<br />

baked goods. Rare in <strong>the</strong> Americas until <strong>the</strong> l<strong>at</strong>e 1800s.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: China<br />

REFERENCES: Creasy 1982, Leung 1961, Sauer 1993, Usher 1974, Zarucchi<br />

1998<br />

Prunus serotina Ehrh.<br />

FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)<br />

ENGLISH: American black cherry, black cherry, rum cherry, wild black<br />

cherry, wild cherry<br />

PORTUGUESE: cereja-preta<br />

SPANISH: capulí, cereza, cereza Americana, cerezo negro silvestre<br />

USES/NOTES: Small, dark red to black, tart fruits, <strong>of</strong> this potentially<br />

large deciduous tree, are consumed fresh, as juice, in marmalades,<br />

or in baked goods. Bark extract and fruit are used as flavoring<br />

agents, <strong>the</strong> l<strong>at</strong>ter in alcoholic beverages including rum, hence <strong>the</strong><br />

common name rum cherry. Twigs, leaves, and fresh seeds contain<br />

hydrocyanic acid and should not be e<strong>at</strong>en. Though not an especially<br />

<strong>at</strong>tractive landscape tree, P. serotina does produce excellent fall<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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