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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 />

and León-Yánez 1999, Kainer and Duryea 1992, Silva et al. 1977,<br />

Small 1933, Steyermark et al. 1995, UFA/NYBG n.d., Voeks 1997<br />

Senna pendula var. pendula (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Irwin &<br />

Barneby [syn. Cassia pendula Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.]<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Caesalpinioideae (bean or<br />

pea)<br />

ENGLISH: Christmas cassia, Christmas senna, climbing cassia, senna,<br />

golden shower<br />

SPANISH: tsuleek’ ekwet, valamuerto<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit is a snack food.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Mexico to South America; rel<strong>at</strong>ed varieties are<br />

n<strong>at</strong>uralized in <strong>the</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn tier <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> U.S.<br />

REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984<br />

Senna septentrionalis (Viv.) Irwin & Barneby [syn. Cassia<br />

laevig<strong>at</strong>a Willd.] [C. laevig<strong>at</strong>a identified as C. floribunda by<br />

Facciola]<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Caesalpinioideae (bean or<br />

pea)<br />

ENGLISH: smooth senna<br />

USES/NOTES: Seeds are used like c<strong>of</strong>fee in parts <strong>of</strong> Gu<strong>at</strong>emala.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Pantropical<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Kartesz 1994, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Senna uniflora (Miller) Irwin & Barneby [syn. Cassia ornithopoides<br />

Lam., Cassia sericea Sw., Cassia uniflora Miller]<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Caesalpinioideae (bean or<br />

pea)<br />

ENGLISH: cassia<br />

USES/NOTES: Seeds are used as a c<strong>of</strong>fee substitute in Brazil.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics<br />

REFERENCES: Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Breedlove 1986, Howard 1988,<br />

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

Serenoa repens (Bartram) Small [syn. Brahea serrul<strong>at</strong>a (Michaux f.)<br />

H. Wendl., Sabal serrul<strong>at</strong>a (Michaux f.) Nutt. ex Schultes &<br />

Schultes f.]<br />

FAMILY: Arecaceae or Palmae (palm)<br />

ENGLISH: palmetto, saw palm, saw palmetto<br />

PORTUGUESE: sabal<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp, though <strong>of</strong>ten odorous and unpleasant<br />

tasting, was a food source for Amerindians and early pioneers,<br />

and sweet hearts have been e<strong>at</strong>en as a vegetable. Because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

plant’s cespitose n<strong>at</strong>ure, hearts can be harvested without killing<br />

<strong>the</strong> plant as long as one stem remains intact. Fruits now are<br />

harvested in large quantities from <strong>the</strong> wild, <strong>the</strong>n processed into<br />

powder for sale in health food stores as a n<strong>at</strong>ural prost<strong>at</strong>e<br />

medicine. Permixon extracted from <strong>the</strong> fruit is used to tre<strong>at</strong><br />

swollen prost<strong>at</strong>es. Low-growing green or bluish palms, <strong>of</strong>ten with<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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