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

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
according to others (Hunter). Widely cultivated on a small scale,
though rarely for human consumption in the Americas.
NATURAL RANGE: Southeast Asia, most likely New Guinea, P. palustris
from tropical Africa
REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Borget 1992, Bourke et al. 1987, Duke 1981,
Howard 1988, Hunter 1997, Kay 1979, Kitajima et al. 1979, Lewis
1987, Mabberley 1987, Martin 1984a, Myers 1983, NAS 1975, Noda et
al. 1984, Wilson 1992
Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb. [syn. Psoralea tenuiflora
Pursh]
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or pea)
ENGLISH: few-flowered psoralea, scurfpea
USES/NOTES: Though leaves are poisonous, roots, once a food of the
Kiowa Indians, are eaten raw, cooked, or ground into flour.
NATURAL RANGE: Southwestern Rocky Mountains
REFERENCES: Harrington 1967, Kartesz 1994, Uphof 1968
Psychotria galeottiana (M. Martens) C.M. Taylor & Lorence [syn. P.
skutchii Standley]
FAMILY: Rubiaceae (coffee or madder)
USES/NOTES: Fruit reportedly is eaten in Guatemala.
NATURAL RANGE: Vera Cruz, Mexico through Nicargua and perhaps
Colombia
REFERENCES: Lorence 1999, MBG n.d.
Psychotria nervosa Sw. [syn. P. undata Jacq.]
FAMILY: Rubiaceae (coffee or madder)
ENGLISH: Seminole balsamo, shiny-leaved wild coffee, wild coffee
PORTUGUESE: chacrona, chacruna
SPANISH: cachimbo, café silvestre
USES/NOTES: Seeds reportedly have been used as a coffee substitute,
but with little substantiation. Leaves are used in medicinal
teas. Shrub is also attractive as a landscape plant for its
glossy, evergreen foliage and showy, white flowers. Chacrona was
used for an unspecified Psychotria sp. in Acre, Brazil (UFA/NYBG)
and is also often applied to Psychotria viridis Ruiz & Pavón,
which is used in traditional medicine and shamanistic rituals.
NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics to Florida
REFERENCES: Breedlove 1986, Hamilton 1989, Nelson 1978, Taylor
1998, UFA/NYBG n.d., USDA-NRCS 2004
Ptelea trifoliata L. [syn. P. baldwinii Torrey & A. Gray] and P.
trifoliata var. mollis Torrey & A. Gray [syn. P. tomentosa Raf.]
FAMILY: Rutaceae (citrus or rue)
ENGLISH: common hop-tree, hop tree, skunk bush, stinking ash, wafer
ash, water ash
USES/NOTES: Flowers and bitter pulp of the rounded, winged samara are
used like hops (Humulus lupulus) to flavor beer and seeds are said
to have been ground and added to bread.
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