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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: Amerindians <strong>of</strong> Guyana and <strong>the</strong> Ka’apor <strong>of</strong> eastern<br />

Amazonian Brazil e<strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> fruit, which can be sweet. The alkaloid<br />

containing plant is used in folk medicine.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Ecuador and Peru through Brazil sou<strong>the</strong>rn<br />

Venezuela, and Guyana<br />

REFERENCES: Alves Rodrigues et al. 2002, Balée 1994, Barfod 1987,<br />

Johnston and Colquhoun 1996, Leitão Filho 1992, MBG n.d.,<br />

Mitchell 1993, Steyermark et al. 1995, UFA/NYBG n.d., Vásquez<br />

1997<br />

Tapirira retusa Ducke<br />

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

SPANISH: cuilde blanco, huira caspi, tijeras ango muyo, wira caspi<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Peru and Ecuador and perhaps beyond<br />

REFERENCES: Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Duke and Vásquez 1994, MBG<br />

n.d., Vásquez 1997<br />

Tapura amazonica Poeppig & Endl.<br />

FAMILY: Dichapetalaceae (dichapetalum)<br />

PORTUGUESE: pau-de-bicho<br />

SPANISH: aguen c<strong>at</strong>ohue, awenc<strong>at</strong>omo, bejuco, motecillo, wisa nañay<br />

USES/NOTES: The Waorani <strong>of</strong> Ecuador e<strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> fruit.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Amazonian Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and<br />

Brazil and sou<strong>the</strong>rn Venezuela<br />

REFERENCES: Amaral et al. 1998, Davis and Yost 1983, MBG n.d.,<br />

Prance 1972b<br />

Taraxacum <strong>of</strong>ficinale G. Weber ex Wigg.<br />

FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)<br />

ENGLISH: common dandelion, dandelion<br />

PORTUGUESE: dente-de-leão, radice-bravo, taraxaco<br />

SPANISH: amargón, charan pilli, diente de león, pelosilla,<br />

pelusilla, serraja, taraxacón<br />

USES/NOTES: Young leaves, rich in vitamin A, are e<strong>at</strong>en as a salad<br />

green or cooked vegetable, roasted and ground roots are used like<br />

c<strong>of</strong>fee, flowers are e<strong>at</strong>en fried, and unopened flower buds are<br />

e<strong>at</strong>en cooked or pickled like capers (Capparis spinosa). Flowers<br />

are also made into wine. Underground parts are medicinal.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Temper<strong>at</strong>e regions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Old World, now a<br />

cosmopolitan weed<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Duke 1986, Duke 1992, Duke 1997,<br />

Franquemont et al. 1990, Guia Rural n.d., IBGE 1980, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h<br />

(notes), Leung 1961, Peterson 1977, Schneider 1987<br />

Taxus bacc<strong>at</strong>a L. and T. cuspid<strong>at</strong>a Siebold & Zucc. [syn. T. bacc<strong>at</strong>a<br />

subsp. cuspid<strong>at</strong>a (Siebold & Zucc.) Pilg.]<br />

FAMILY: Taxaceae (yew) or Cephalotaxaceae (plum yew)<br />

ENGLISH: English yew (T. bacc<strong>at</strong>a), Japanese yew (T. cuspid<strong>at</strong>a), yew<br />

PORTUGUESE: teixo<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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