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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: Tropics<br />

REFERENCES: D’Arcy 1987b, Facciola 1990, Schilling 1981<br />

Solanum sessiliflorum Dunal [syn. S. topiro Dunal]<br />

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

ENGLISH: cocona, Orinoco apple, peach tom<strong>at</strong>o, topiro, tupiru<br />

PORTUGUESE: cubii, cubio, cobió-do-Pará, cúbios, cubiu, cubíu<br />

SPANISH: cocona, cocoña, coconilla, daboca, karapana, lulo, lulo<br />

jibara, naranjilla, topiro, túpiro<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit, variably colored from yellow to red, to <strong>the</strong> size<br />

<strong>of</strong> a tennis ball, is e<strong>at</strong>en as a fruit or vegetable, out <strong>of</strong> hand,<br />

with sugar or salt, in salads, juiced, or preserved. Frequently<br />

e<strong>at</strong>en or sucked on to relieve thirst by children and rural<br />

workers. Weedy plants are allowed to persist in fields for <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

thirst-quenching fruit.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Upper and middle Orinoco river basin <strong>of</strong> Venezuela and<br />

adjacent nor<strong>the</strong>rn Brazil, into western Amazonia<br />

REFERENCES: Clement 1989, Coomes and Ban 2004, Davis and Yost 1983,<br />

Foster and Cordell 1992, Heiser 1991, IBGE 1980, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes),<br />

Martin et al. 1987, Pahlen 1977, P<strong>at</strong>iño 1962, Rehm and Espig<br />

1991, Schultes and Romero-Castañeda 1962, Silva et al. 1977,<br />

Soukup 1970<br />

Solanum sessiliflorum var. georgicum [syn. S. georgicum R.E.<br />

Schultes, S. topiro var. georgicum Heiser]<br />

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

SPANISH: tonto grande<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit <strong>of</strong> this ancestral variety <strong>of</strong> S. sessiliflorum is<br />

edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Colombia and Ecuador<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987, Morton 1987a<br />

Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam.<br />

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

PORTUGUESE: arrebenta-cavalo, joá, juá, juá-manso, juá-da-roça,<br />

juá-das-queimadas, m<strong>at</strong>a-cavalo<br />

SPANISH: guinda, misqui corrota, ocote mullaca<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: South America<br />

REFERENCES: Duke and Vásquez 1994, IBGE 1980, Martin et al. 1987,<br />

Mentz et al. 1997<br />

Solanum stenotomum subsp. goniocalyx (Juz. & Bukasov) Hawkes [syn.<br />

S. goniocalyx Juz. & Bukasov]<br />

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

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

SPANISH: limeña, papa amarilla, papa mantequilla<br />

USES/NOTES: Yellowish tuber is edible. Also adapts to a wide range<br />

<strong>of</strong> environments.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: High Andes <strong>of</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn Peru perhaps to Bolivia<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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