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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 />

USES/NOTES: Often elong<strong>at</strong>ed tuber is edible. Purple races are<br />

bitter and used for chuño.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Central Andean highlands around Lake Titicaca<br />

REFERENCES: Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Brücher 1989, N<strong>at</strong>ional<br />

Research Council 1989, Zimmerer 1991, Zimmerer 1992<br />

Solanum americanum Miller [syn. S. nodiflorum Jacq.]<br />

FAMILY: Solanaceae (nightshade or pot<strong>at</strong>o)<br />

ENGLISH: black nightshade, common nightshade, deadly nightshade,<br />

gouma, nightshade<br />

PORTUGUESE: erva-moura, erva-Santa-Maria, maria-preta, mariapretinha<br />

SPANISH: ucsha-coconilla, yerba mora<br />

USES/NOTES: Ripe fruit is edible, though unripe fruit is reported<br />

as highly toxic, as is <strong>the</strong> rest <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> plant.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics and subtropics to warmer regions <strong>of</strong><br />

temper<strong>at</strong>e America<br />

REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Bennett et al. 2001, Duke and Vásquez 1994,<br />

Harrington 1967, Perkins and Payne 1978, UFA/NYBG n.d., Voeks<br />

1996, Voeks 1997<br />

Solanum asperum Rich.<br />

FAMILY: Solanaceae (nightshade or pot<strong>at</strong>o)<br />

ENGLISH: boboro<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit is e<strong>at</strong>en in Guyana.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics from sou<strong>the</strong>rn Mexico to Amazonian Ecuador,<br />

sou<strong>the</strong>rn Venezuela, and <strong>the</strong> Guianas, perhaps beyond<br />

REFERENCES: Johnston and Colquhoun 1996<br />

Solanum candidum Lindley [syn. S. tequilense A. Gray]<br />

FAMILY: Solanaceae (nightshade or pot<strong>at</strong>o)<br />

SPANISH: huevo de g<strong>at</strong>o<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit, similar to S. quitoense, is edible. Apossible<br />

progenitor <strong>of</strong> S. quitoense.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Mexico south to Andean Peru<br />

REFERENCES: Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Brücher 1989, Martin et al.<br />

1987, Morton 1987a<br />

Solanum caripense Dunal<br />

FAMILY: Solanaceae (nightshade or pot<strong>at</strong>o)<br />

SPANISH: frijolitos, pepino llorón, tzimbalo<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Andean South America<br />

REFERENCES: Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Correll 1962, Facciola 1990,<br />

Heiser 1969, Martin et al. 1987<br />

Solanum chaucha Juz. & Bukasov<br />

FAMILY: Solanaceae (nightshade or pot<strong>at</strong>o)<br />

ENGLISH: floury pot<strong>at</strong>o<br />

SPANISH: chaucha, papa<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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