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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 />

FAMILY: Liliaceae (lily)<br />

ENGLISH: big white trillium, grand trillium, large flowered<br />

trillium, large-flower wake-robin, snow trillium, wake-robin,<br />

white trillium, white wake-robin<br />

USES/NOTES: Young shoots and unfolding leaves have been used as<br />

cooked greens, though typically only during times <strong>of</strong> food<br />

scarcity.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America from nor<strong>the</strong>rn-most Georgia and<br />

Alabama to Minnesota and <strong>Maine</strong> into Quebec and Ontario<br />

REFERENCES: Marshall 1993, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Trillium sessile L.<br />

FAMILY: Liliaceae (lily)<br />

ENGLISH: bethroot, red trillium, sessile trillium, toad trillium,<br />

toadshade, wake-robin<br />

USES/NOTES: Young leaves are used as a vegetable, cooked or<br />

uncooked.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America from nor<strong>the</strong>rn Alabama and<br />

perhaps Mississippi to sou<strong>the</strong>rn Michigan, sou<strong>the</strong>rn-most Ontario,<br />

and western New York, west to eastern-most Kansas and Oklahoma<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Peterson 1977, Schwegman 1991<br />

Trillium undul<strong>at</strong>um Willd.<br />

FAMILY: Liliaceae (lily)<br />

ENGLISH: painted lady, painted trillium<br />

USES/NOTES: Young leaves <strong>of</strong> this <strong>at</strong>tractive perennial herbaceous<br />

low-growing forest plant are used as a vegetable or po<strong>the</strong>rb,<br />

cooked or uncooked.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America from nor<strong>the</strong>rn Georgia through<br />

Appalachia to <strong>Maine</strong> and into Canada from New Brunswick to<br />

Ontario, perhaps into sou<strong>the</strong>astern Michigan<br />

REFERENCES: Crowhurst 1972, Facciola 1990, Radford et al. 1968<br />

Triosteum perfoli<strong>at</strong>um L. [also T. angustifolium L. and T .<br />

aurantiacum E.P. Bicknell]<br />

FAMILY: Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle)<br />

ENGLISH: feverroot, feverwort, tinker’s weed, wild c<strong>of</strong>fee<br />

USES/NOTES: Roasted berries are used like c<strong>of</strong>fee (C<strong>of</strong>fea spp.).<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America<br />

REFERENCES: Mabberley 1987, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Triphasia trifolia (Burm.) P. Wilson<br />

FAMILY: Rutaceae (citrus or rue)<br />

ENGLISH: baby lime, bergamot lime, limeberry, myrtle lime<br />

SPANISH: chinita-limón de Jerusalén, limoncito<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit is consumed raw, in jams, and liqueurs, and its<br />

rind contains an essential oil. Grown also as a hedge.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Americas<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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