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

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
FAMILY: Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle) or Sambucaceae or Adoxaceae
(elderberry)
ENGLISH: black elderberry, blackbead elder
USES/NOTES: Fruits are eaten boiled or otherwise cooked.
NATURAL RANGE: Western North America
REFERENCES: Bolli 1994, Munz and Keck 1959, Turner and Szczawinski
1979, Weatherford 1988, Yanovsky 1936
Sambucus racemosa L. var. racemosa [syn. S. callicarpa E. Greene,
S. microbotrys Rydb., S. pubens Michaux, S. pubens Michaux var.
arborescens Torrey & A. Gray, S. racemosa L. var. arborescens
(Torrey & A. Gray) A. Gray, S. racemosa L. var. leucocarpa
(Torrey & A. Gray) Cronq., S. racemosa L. var. microbotrys
(Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles, S. racemosa L. subsp. pubens (Michaux)
House, S. racemosa L. var. pubens (Michaux) Koehne]
FAMILY: Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle) or Sambucaceae or Adoxaceae
(elderberry)
ENGLISH: American red elder, bunchberry elder, Pacific red cedar,
red elderberry, red-berried elder, scarlet elder, stinking elder
USES/NOTES: Bitter fruits have reported as poisonous, though also
as having been eaten by Amerindians of British Columbia. Roots
have been used for tea, though likely for medicinal purposes.
NATURAL RANGE: Canada and the U.S.
REFERENCES: Bolli 1994, Facciola 1990, Radford et al. 1968, Turner
and Szczawinski 1979, Uphof 1968, Wiersema and León 1999,
Yanovsky 1936
Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr. [syn. Albizia saman (Jacq.) F. Muell.,
Calliandra saman (Jacq.) Griseb., Enterolobium saman (Jacq.)
Prain, Inga saman (Jacq.) Willd., Mimosa saman Jacq.,
Pithecellobium saman (Jacq.) Benth., Zygia saman (Jacq.) Lyons]
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae (bean or pea)
ENGLISH: cow tamarind, French tamarind, monkey pod, rain tree,
samaan, saman
SPANISH: algarrabo, algarrobo del país, árbol de lluvia, árbol de
la lluvia, campano, campaño, carreto, cenízaro, cenícero,
cinícero, dormilón, genízaro, genízero, genízoro, guango,
huacamayo chico, laro, samán, samanguare, urero, zorra
USES/NOTES: Widely cultivated for various non-food values including
shading coffee, cacao, and other shade-adapted crops, as a lumber
source for furniture, for fuel wood, and as a street tree for its
shade producing broad crown and pink flowers. Protein-rich fruit
pods contain a sticky sweet pulp and are occasionally eaten out
of hand or made into a sweet beverage. Flowers are a honey source
and trunk is a gum source.
NATURAL RANGE: Tropical South America, perhaps to Central America,
naturalized in some favorable locations
REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Brako and Zarucchi 1993, FUDENA n.d.,
Mabberley 1987, OAS 1973, Omawale 1973, Soukup 1970, Uphof 1968,
Wiersema et al. 1990
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