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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: Eastern North America from Connecticut, sou<strong>the</strong>rn<br />

Ontario, and Michigan in <strong>the</strong> north, to Florida and eastern Texas<br />

and Mexico in <strong>the</strong> south, west to Nebraska<br />

REFERENCES: Coon 1975, Facciola 1990, Fernald et al. 1958, Godfrey<br />

1988, Mabberely 1987, Martin et al. 1987, MBG n.d., Nelson 1994,<br />

Taylor 1998, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn in Decken [includes P. aquilinum (L.)<br />

Kuhn var. caud<strong>at</strong>um (L.) Sadebeck [syn. Pteris caud<strong>at</strong>a L.]]<br />

FAMILY: Dennstaedtiaceae or Polypodiaceae (polypody)<br />

ENGLISH: brake, brake fern, bracken, bracken fern, eagle fern,<br />

eastern bracken, hog-pasture brake, lacey bracken (var. caud<strong>at</strong>um),<br />

pasture brake, tailed bracken, warabi, western bracken<br />

PORTUGUESE: pau-jacaré, samambaia-do-campo, samambaia-verdadeira<br />

SPANISH: helecho<br />

USES/NOTES: Young unopened fiddleheads, or croziers, (called munhecas<br />

in Brazil) have been widely e<strong>at</strong>en, though now considered<br />

carcinogenic in large quantities, especially if uncooked.<br />

Fiddleheads have also been e<strong>at</strong>en fresh, dried, or preserved. Boiled<br />

rhizomes are edible and <strong>the</strong> source <strong>of</strong> warabi starch, used like<br />

arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea). Dried rhizomes are used for bread<br />

and rhizomes and fronds have been used like hops (Humulus lupulus)<br />

in beer.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: varieties in <strong>the</strong> Americas from Canada, U.S., Mexico,<br />

Central America, West Indies, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, <strong>the</strong><br />

Guianas, Peru, and Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Brouk 1975, Facciola 1990, FNAEC<br />

1993, Harrington 1976, Hodge 1973, IBGE 1980, Jardim Botânico de<br />

Brasília 1989, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Lep<strong>of</strong>sky et al. 1985, Mabberley<br />

1987, Norton 1979, Peterson 1977, Rymer 1976, Stolze 1981, Tomikel<br />

1986, Tryon 1941, UFA/NYBG n.d., Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Pterodon emargin<strong>at</strong>us Vogel [syn. P. pubescens Benth.]<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or pea)<br />

PORTUGUESE: fava-de-santo-inacio, pessoek, sicupira, sucupira,<br />

sucupira-branca<br />

USES/NOTES: Bark extract is used to flavor liqueurs and medicines.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Brazil from Maranhão to Rio Grande do Sul west into<br />

Bolivia<br />

REFERENCES: IBGE 1980, ILDIS 2005, Lewis 1987, Mabberley 1987<br />

Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lob<strong>at</strong>a (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.<br />

Almeida [syn. P. lob<strong>at</strong>a (Willd.) Ohwi, P. montana (Lour.) Merr., P.<br />

thunbergiana (Sieber & Zucc.) Benth., Dolichos lob<strong>at</strong>us Willd.,<br />

Pachyrhizus thunbergianus Sieber & Zucc. and includes Pueraria<br />

lob<strong>at</strong>a var. montana (Lour.) Maesen]<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or pea)<br />

ENGLISH: Japanese arrowroot, Japanese kudzu, ko, ko hemp, kudzu,<br />

kudzu vine<br />

PORTUGUESE: kudzu<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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