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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 />

REFERENCES: Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Brücher 1989, Hawkes 1990,<br />

N<strong>at</strong>ional Research Council 1989, Smith 1994, Zimmerer 1996<br />

Solanum stenotomum Juz. & Bukasov subsp. stenotomum<br />

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

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

SPANISH: papa, pitiquiña<br />

USES/NOTES: Tuber is edible. Also among <strong>the</strong> oldest cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed<br />

pot<strong>at</strong>os and a possible progenitor <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> common pot<strong>at</strong>o (S.<br />

tuberosum).<br />

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

REFERENCES: Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Brücher 1989, Hawkes 1990,<br />

N<strong>at</strong>ional Research Council 1989, Smith 1994, Zimmerer 1996<br />

Solanum stramoniifolium Jacq. [syn. S. pl<strong>at</strong>yphyllum Dunal]<br />

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

ENGLISH: bura bura<br />

PORTUGUESE: joá, jurubeba<br />

SPANISH: etopaa, jua, kobuyá, lulo<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Probably extreme western Amazonia, possibly <strong>the</strong> moist<br />

lowlands <strong>of</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>astern South America<br />

REFERENCES: Balée and Gély 1989, Martin et al. 1987, Omawale 1973,<br />

Schultes and Romero-Castañeda 1962, von Reis Altschul and Lipp<br />

1982<br />

Solanum stramoniifolium Jacq. var. inerme (Dunal) Whalen [syn. S.<br />

coconilla Huber]<br />

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

PORTUGUESE: jurubeba<br />

SPANISH: coconilla colorada<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics<br />

REFERENCES: Duke and Vásquez 1994, Whalen et al. 1981<br />

Solanum torvum Sw.<br />

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

ENGLISH: gully bean, pea eggplant, pl<strong>at</strong>e brush, susumber, turkey<br />

bean, wild eggplant<br />

PORTUGUESE: jurubeba<br />

SPANISH: muuthuuts’<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit is e<strong>at</strong>en as a snack food by <strong>the</strong> Huastec Maya.<br />

Also used as a nem<strong>at</strong>ode-resistant root stock for o<strong>the</strong>r Solanum<br />

cultivars.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Mexico, <strong>the</strong> West Indies, and tropical South America,<br />

now pantropical<br />

REFERENCES: Adams 1972, Alcorn 1984, Carneiro Martins 1989,<br />

Facciola 1990, Martin et al. 1987, Morton 1987a<br />

Solanum triflorum Nutt.<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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