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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 />

ENGLISH: ambarela, ambarella, golden apple, hog apple, Jew plum,<br />

Jew’s plum, otaheite apple, Polynesian plum, sweet apple, Tahiti<br />

mombin, Tahitian quince, vi apple<br />

PORTUGUESE: cajá-açu, cajá-manga, cajarana, taperebá-do-sertão<br />

SPANISH: ambarella, cajá manga, cirial, ciruela, ciruela dulce,<br />

cítara, hobo de recimos, jobo, jobo de la India, jobo de las<br />

indias, jobo indio, juplón, mango jobo, manzana de oro, taperiba,<br />

tapisho, yuplón<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits are consumed fresh, juiced, in ice cream, as<br />

jam, or in chutney, unripe fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en pickled, and leaves<br />

are e<strong>at</strong>en or used as a me<strong>at</strong> tenderizer. Spondias dulcis Forster<br />

is an illegitim<strong>at</strong>e name.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Polynesia, introduced widely in <strong>the</strong> tropics<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Campbell<br />

1984, Cavalcante 1991, Duke and Vásquez 1994, Guia Rural n.d.,<br />

IBGE 1980, Mabberley 1987, Martin et al. 1987, Morton 1987a, OAS<br />

1973, Omawale 1973, Vásquez and Gentry 1989, Will 1991<br />

Spondias macrocarpa Engelm. in Mart.<br />

FAMILY: Anacardiaceae (cashew or poison ivy)<br />

PORTUGUESE: taperibá-assu<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible. This taxon may actually refer to<br />

S. purpuea L.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987<br />

Spondias mombin L. [syn. S. cy<strong>the</strong>ra Tussac, S. lutea L., S.<br />

myrobalanus L., S. purpurea var. venulosa Engl., S. radlk<strong>of</strong>eri<br />

Donn. Sm., S. venulosa (Engl.) Engl.]<br />

FAMILY: Anacardiaceae (cashew or poison ivy)<br />

ENGLISH: golden apple, golden mombin, hog plum, Jamaica plum, jobo,<br />

plum bush, prune mombin, yellow mombin<br />

PORTUGUESE: cajá, cajá-mirim, cajarana, cajazeira, cajó, taperebá<br />

SPANISH: abal, abalá, azucaró, canajo, chacumo, ciruela, ciruela<br />

agria, ciruela amarilla, ciruela de la China, ciruela del monte,<br />

ciruela tronadora, ciruelo, cuajo, hobo, hobo blanco, hubo,<br />

hubus, jebo, jobo, jobo amarillo, jobo corronchoso, jocote,<br />

itahuba, marapa, obo, obos, shunga, shungu, sua, taperiba,<br />

tapishu sacha, ubo, ubo colorado, ubos, ushum, ushun, usiro, uvo<br />

USES/NOTES: Widely cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed for its s<strong>of</strong>t, juicy, golf-ball sized,<br />

yellow fruits, which are consumed out <strong>of</strong> hand or used in juice,<br />

wine, liqueurs, and ice cream. Fruit, bark, and flowers are<br />

medicinal. Sweet fruits are also collected from wild trees in<br />

parts <strong>of</strong> its range.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Continental Neotropics, introduced widely in <strong>the</strong><br />

tropics<br />

REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Bourke et al. 1987, Brako and<br />

Zarucchi 1993, Brücher 1989, Cavalcante 1991, Duke 1986, Duke and<br />

Vásquez 1994, Gómez-Beloz 2002, Honychurch 1980, Justiniano et<br />

al. 2001, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Mabberley 1987, Martin et al. 1987,<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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