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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 />

PORTUGUESE: framboesa, framboesa-vermelha<br />

SPANISH: churdón, frambuesa, frambueso, mora, zarzamora<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en raw or used to make preserves, flavorings<br />

and liqueurs, leaves are used as a medicinal tea, and young shoots<br />

are e<strong>at</strong>en as a vegetable.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Europe and Asia, or North America<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Harrington 1967, IBGE 1980, Mabberley<br />

1987, Schneider 1987, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Usher 1974, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Rubus lacini<strong>at</strong>us Willd.<br />

FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)<br />

ENGLISH: cut-leaved blackberry, Oregon evergreen blackberry<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Europe, n<strong>at</strong>uralized in western North America<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Mabberley 1987, Sturtevant 1972<br />

Rubus leucodermis Douglas and Torrey ex A. Gray<br />

FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)<br />

ENGLISH: western raspberry, white bark raspberry<br />

USES/NOTES: Tastey fruits are edible, leaves are made into tea, and<br />

young shoots are edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Westren North America<br />

REFERENCES: Clarke 1977, Facciola 1990, Medsger 1939, Sturtevant 1972<br />

Rubus x loganobaccus Bailey [n<strong>at</strong>ural hybrid <strong>of</strong> R. ursinus x R.<br />

idaeus]<br />

FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)<br />

ENGLISH: loganberry<br />

SPANISH: frambuesa americana<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit is consumed as juice or syrup.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: North America, probably California<br />

REFERENCES: Brouk 1975, Johns and Stevenson 1985<br />

Rubus niveus Thunb.<br />

FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)<br />

ENGLISH: Ceylon raspberry, hill raspberry, mysore raspberry<br />

SPANISH: fresa de monte<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: India through sou<strong>the</strong>rn China, Sou<strong>the</strong>ast Asia, and <strong>the</strong><br />

Philippines, widely n<strong>at</strong>uralized in <strong>the</strong> tropics and most nearly<br />

frost free regions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> subtropics<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Mabberley 1987, Nelson 1996, Sommeijer et<br />

al. n.d., Sturtevant 1972<br />

Rubus nubigenus Kunth [syn. R. macrocarpus Benth., R. stipularis<br />

Benth.]<br />

FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)<br />

ENGLISH: Colombian berry, Colombian giant blackberry<br />

SPANISH: frambuesa, mora<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en out <strong>of</strong> hand, in desserts, or preserved.<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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