Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

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REFERENCES: MBG n.d., Serrano and Terán 2000, Vignale and Gurni
2003
Tussilago farfara L.
FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)
ENGLISH: coltsfoot
PORTUGUESE: tussilagem
USES/NOTES: Young leaves are used in soup or made into tea, ash
from burned leaves is used as a seasoning, leaf extracts are
combined with sugar and cooked into coltsfoot candy used as a
cough drop.
NATURAL RANGE: Eurasia, naturalized elsewhere
REFERENCES: Neumann n.d., Peterson 1977, Tomikel 1986, Uphof 1968
Typha angustifolia L.
FAMILY: Typhaceae (cattail)
ENGLISH: bulrush, lesser bulrush, narrow-leaf cattail, reedmace,
small reedmace
SPANISH: anea, espandana, totora
USES/NOTES: Rootstocks are boiled and eaten like potatoes or made
into protein-rich flour used in cattail cookies. Shoots and young
leaves are eaten boiled or raw, seeds are eaten roasted, and
young flower spikes, pith, and pollen are edible. Has been
considered conspecific with T. domingensis.
NATURAL RANGE: nearly cosmopolitan apart from polar regions
REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Facciola 1990, Harrington 1967,
Morton 1977, Peterson 1977, Schmeda-Hirschmann et al. 1999,
Yanovsky 1936
Typha domingensis Pers.
FAMILY: Typhaceae (cattail)
ENGLISH: bulrush, narrow-leaf cattail, reedmace, southern cattail,
tule
SPANISH: akho, anea, cheena’, chiena’, chii’na, chi’na, enea,
fapu’, jwi’na, nat’a’, na’ate, totora, tule, wa’na, wana’yuk
USES/NOTES: Rootstocks are boiled and eaten like potatoes or made
into protein-rich flour used in biscuits know as “cattail
cookies.” Shoots and young leaves are eaten boiled or raw, seeds
are eaten roasted, and young flower spikes, pith, and pollen are
edible. Has been considered conspecific with T. angustifolia.
NATURAL RANGE: tropics and mild temperate regions
REFERENCES: Arenas and Scarpa 2003, Bourke et al. 1987, Breedlove
1986, Facciola 1990, Harrington 1967, Morton 1977, Peterson 1977,
Schmeda-Hirschmann et al. 1999, Yanovsky 1936
Typha latifolia L.
FAMILY: Typhaceae (cattail)
ENGLISH: broadleaf cattail, bulrush, cattail, common cattail,
cossack asparagus, reedmace, swamp bulrush
PORTUGUESE: amentilho, amento, espadana, partasana, tabua, tifa
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