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

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
NATURAL RANGE: Uncertain, probably the South Pacific/New Guinea
region, possibly along New Guinea’s Brown River
REFERENCES: Boom 1987, Bourke et al. 1987, Buroz n.d., de
Candolle1902, Duke and Vásquez 1994, Hobhouse 1986, Howard 1994,
Kermath (notes), Macinnis 2003, Mintz 1985, Mors and Rizzini
1966, Purseglove 1972, Soukup 1970, Uphof 1968, Usher 1974
Saccharum spontaneum L.
FAMILY: Gramineae or Poaceae (grass)
ENGLISH: thatch grass, wild sugar cane
PORTUGUESE: cana, cana de açúcar
SPANISH: caña, caña de azúcar
USES/NOTES: Sweet rhizomes can be chewed like common sugar cane (S.
officinarum) and heart of young shoots and young inflorescences
are eaten cooked or uncooked.
NATURAL RANGE: Tropics
REFERENCES: Davidse et al. 1994, Facciola 1990, Pohl 1983, Zeven
and de Wet 1982
Sacoglottis amazonica Mart.
FAMILY: Humiriaceae (bastard bullet tree)
PORTUGUESE: uchirana
USES/NOTES: Fruit is edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Ecuador to eastern Amazonian Brazil
REFERENCES: Balée 1994, Jørgensen and León-Yánez 1999
Sacoglottis ceratocarpa Ducke
FAMILY: Humiriaceae (bastard bullet tree)
USES/NOTES: Fruit is edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Amazonia
REFERENCES: Anderson and Posey 1989, Silva et al. 1977
Sacoglottis cuspidata (Benth.) Urban
FAMILY: Humiriaceae (bastard bullet tree)
PORTUGUESE: uchi
USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Brazil
REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987
Sacoglottis guianensis Benth. and S. guianensis Benth. var.
guianensis
FAMILY: Humiriaceae (bastard bullet tree)
PORTUGUESE: achuá, ichuá, pararu, macucu murici (var. guianensis),
uachuá, uchirana, uxirana (var. guianensis), vaxiva
USES/NOTES: Brown fruits are edible and sold in markets.
NATURAL RANGE: Brazil and the Guianas
REFERENCES: Balée 1994, Cavalcante 1991, Martin et al. 1987, Silva
et al. 1977
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