Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
Prunus tomentosa Thunb. [syn. Cerasus tomentosa Wall ex Baker in
Hook.f.]
FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)
ENGLISH: Chinese bush fruit, Hansen’s bush cherry, mancha cherry,
Nanking cherry
USES/NOTES: Small, dark, bitter fruits are eaten raw or cooked, and
are made into liqueurs such as slöe gin.
NATURAL RANGE: Temperate East Asia
REFERENCES: Mabberley 1987, Tanaka 1976, Uphof 1968, Zarucchi 1998
Prunus umbellata Elliott
FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)
ENGLISH: black slöe, flatwoods plum, hog plum, small wild plum,
southern slöe, wild plum
USES/NOTES: Small, tart to astringent fruits, red to yellow when
immature, generally becoming purple when ripe, are occasionally
eaten preserved or cooked. Also attractive for its showy white
spring flowers.
NATURAL RANGE: Southeastern U.S., coastal plain
REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Godfrey 1988, Kermath (notes), Nelson 1994,
Sturtevant 1972, Uphof 1968, Yanovsky 1936
Prunus virginiana L.
FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)
ENGLISH: American chokecherry, chokecherry, common chokecherry, wild
cherry
SPANISH: cerezo de Virginia
USES/NOTES: Bitter fresh fruits are edible, dried and mixed with dried
meat to make pemmican, or prepared into jelly and preserves. Twigs
are used to flavor cooked foods and seed kernals are added to
pemmican. Bark and twigs are brewed as tea.
NATURAL RANGE: North America from Canada to Georgia and perhaps west
to Arizona
REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Facciola 1990, Harrington 1967, Harris
1972, Mabberley 1987, Peterson 1977, Tomikel 1986, Uphof 1968
Prunus virginiana var. demissa (Nutt.) Torrey [syn. P. virginiana
subsp. demissa (Nutt. in Torrey & A. Gray) R.L. Taylor & Macbr., P.
demissa (Nutt.) Walp.]
FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)
ENGLISH: western chokecherry
USES/NOTES: Dark fruits are eaten fresh or prepared.
NATURAL RANGE: Western North America
REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Yanovsky 1936
Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa (Nelson) Sarg. [syn. P.
melanocarpa (Nelson) Rydb.]
FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)
ENGLISH: black western chokecherry, chokecherry, Rocky Mountain
cherry
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