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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 />

NATURAL RANGE: Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Mexico and Belize to Panama<br />

REFERENCES: Duke 1986, Breedlove 1986, Nelson 1976, Williams 1981<br />

Saurauia aspera Turcz.<br />

FAMILY: Actinidiaceae (Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit)<br />

SPANISH: grosea<br />

USES/NOTES: Mucilaginous fruit is e<strong>at</strong>en raw or cooked.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Mexico<br />

REFERENCES: Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Saurauia conz<strong>at</strong>tii Buscal. and S. villosa DC. [syn. S.<br />

speluncicola Schultes]<br />

FAMILY: Actinidiaceae (Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit)<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: S. conz<strong>at</strong>tii from sou<strong>the</strong>rn Mexico to Honduras and S.<br />

villosa from sou<strong>the</strong>rn Mexico to Costa Rica<br />

REFERENCES: Hunter 1966, MBG n.d., Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Saurauia pulchra Sprague<br />

FAMILY: Actinidiaceae (Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit)<br />

SPANISH: moquillo<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Colombia<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987, Orejuela 1992<br />

Saurauia scabrida Hemsley<br />

FAMILY: Actinidiaceae (Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit)<br />

SPANISH: ts’een xiixté<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit is e<strong>at</strong>en locally as a snack.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Mexico<br />

REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984<br />

Saxifraga pensylvanica L.<br />

FAMILY: Saxifragaceae (saxifrage)<br />

ENGLISH: swamp saxifrage<br />

USES/NOTES: Young, tender leaves are e<strong>at</strong>en fresh or cooked.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Gibbons and Tucker 1979<br />

Scandix pecten-veneris L.<br />

FAMILY: Umbelliferae or Apiaceae (carrot)<br />

ENGLISH: shepherd’s needle, venus comb<br />

USES/NOTES: Young stem tops are edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eurasia, n<strong>at</strong>uralized in North Anerica<br />

REFERENCES: Marticorena and Quezada 1985, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Schaefferia cuneifolia Gray<br />

FAMILY: Celastraceae (spindle tree)<br />

ENGLISH: capul, desert yaupon<br />

SPANISH: capul, panalero<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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