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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

Arbutus menziesii Pursh<br />

FAMILY: Ericaceae (health)<br />

ENGLISH: Pacific madrone<br />

SPANISH: madroña<br />

USES/NOTES: S<strong>of</strong>t fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en raw or cooked.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Western North America from sou<strong>the</strong>rn British Columbia to<br />

sou<strong>the</strong>rn California<br />

REFERENCES: Gleason and Cronquist 1968, Kirk 1970, Munz 1974<br />

Arbutus xalapensis Kunth [syn. A. glandulosa M. Martens & Galeotti,<br />

A. texana Buckley]<br />

FAMILY: Ericaceae (health)<br />

ENGLISH: lady legs, lady’s leg, madrone, manzanita, Mexican madrone,<br />

naked Indian, Texas madrone<br />

SPANISH: aile, auako-uri wirárika, banutzin, curibitso, jucay, madrón,<br />

madroña, madroño, manzanita, nuzundu, nuzu-ndu, panagsi, panángsuni,<br />

ro´coló, tunto, tuntu, ulúbasi, ulúbsi, urúbisi<br />

USES/NOTES: S<strong>of</strong>t, fleshy, red/orange fruit is edible. The species is<br />

thre<strong>at</strong>ened and is distinctive due its bright smooth red trunks and<br />

peeling bark.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: New Mexico and Texas to Nicaragua<br />

REFERENCES: Breedlove 1986, González 1990, Hazlett 1979, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h<br />

(notes), Luteyn 1995, Torres n.d., Tull 1978, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Yanovsky<br />

1936<br />

Arctium lappa L.<br />

FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)<br />

ENGLISH: big burdock, burrs, beggar’s buttons, edible burdock, gobo,<br />

gre<strong>at</strong> bur, gre<strong>at</strong> burdock, Japanese burdock root<br />

PORTUGUESE: bardana, bardana-maior, bardana-ordinária, gob<br />

SPANISH: bardana mayor<br />

USES/NOTES: Tender fresh roots and young leaves and stems are e<strong>at</strong>en in<br />

salads. Aging roots are e<strong>at</strong>en cooked.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Temper<strong>at</strong>e regions, perhaps first domestic<strong>at</strong>ed in Eurasia<br />

REFERENCES: Cronquist 1980, Duke 1992, Harris 1972, IBGE 1980, Jardim<br />

Botânico de Brasília 1990, Mabberley 1987, Munz 1974, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Arctium minus Bernh.<br />

FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)<br />

ENGLISH: bardana, common burdock<br />

PORTUGUESE: bardana, carrapicho, pega-pega<br />

SPANISH: bardana<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaf is edible and dried roots are a diuretic and appetite<br />

enhancer.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Temper<strong>at</strong>e Eurasia<br />

REFERENCES: Duke 1992, IBGE 1980, Usher 1974<br />

Arctostaphylos columbiana Piper in Piper & Be<strong>at</strong>tie<br />

FAMILY: Ericaceae (he<strong>at</strong>h)<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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