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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 />

USES/NOTES: Fruits are edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: North America<br />

REFERENCES: Harrington 1967, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Rinorea laevig<strong>at</strong>a (Sol. ex Gingins) Hekking [syn. R. castaneaefolia<br />

(Sprengel) Kuntze, R. physiphora (Mart.) Kuntze, Alsodeia<br />

physiphora Mart.]<br />

FAMILY: Violaceae (violet)<br />

PORTUGUESE: lobo-lobo<br />

USES/NOTES: Cooked leaves are e<strong>at</strong>en like a mucilaginous spinach<br />

(Spinacia oleracea) in parts <strong>of</strong> Brazil.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Sou<strong>the</strong>astern Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Hekking 1988, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Robinia neomexicana A. Gray<br />

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

ENGLISH: New Mexican locust<br />

SPANISH: acacia<br />

USES/NOTES: Flowers are said to be edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Southwestern U.S. from Texas to California and adjacent<br />

Mexico<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Robinia pseudoacacia L.<br />

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

ENGLISH: bastard acacia, black locust, false acacia, post locust,<br />

white locust, yellow locust<br />

SPANISH: acacia blanca<br />

USES/NOTES: Cooked seeds and flowers are edible. O<strong>the</strong>r plant parts,<br />

however, are poisonous. Also a cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed ornamental.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Appalachia and Ozark Mountains, possibly to<br />

nor<strong>the</strong>rn Florida, now widely n<strong>at</strong>uralized and invasive in many<br />

hospitable loc<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

REFERENCES: Godfrey 1988, Molina 1975, Nelson 1994, Peterson 1977,<br />

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

Rollinia cardiantha Diels<br />

FAMILY: Annonaceae (custard-apple)<br />

PORTUGUESE:<strong>at</strong>a<br />

SPANISH: anona, anonilla<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonia<br />

REFERENCES: Duke and Vásquez 1994<br />

Rollinia cuspid<strong>at</strong>a Mart.<br />

FAMILY: Annonaceae (custard-apple)<br />

PORTUGUESE: <strong>at</strong>a<br />

SPANISH: anonilla<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonia<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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