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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 />

SPANISH: anea, amento, enea, espadaña, espadaxa, junco, junco de<br />

estera, junco de passion, tule espadilla<br />

USES/NOTES: Young shoots, flower spikes, and hearts <strong>of</strong> this broadleaved<br />

c<strong>at</strong>tail are e<strong>at</strong>en as vegetables, pollen is mixed with<br />

whe<strong>at</strong> flour, and roots can be made into flour. Leaves are made<br />

into m<strong>at</strong>s and chair se<strong>at</strong>s.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: cosmopolitan except Polar Regions<br />

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

al. 1958, Harrington 1967, Harris 1972, Peterson 1977, Yanovsky<br />

1936<br />

Ugni molinae Turcz.<br />

FAMILY: Myrtaceae (myrtle)<br />

ENGLISH: Chilean guava, strawberry myrtle<br />

SPANISH: muria, murta, murtilla, ugni, uñi<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: Chile and Argentina, perhaps beyond<br />

REFERENCES: Cronk and Fuller 1995, Facciola 1990, Kausel 1966,<br />

Martin et al. 1987, N<strong>at</strong>ional Research Council 1989<br />

Ullucus tuberosus Caldas subsp. tuberosus [syn. U. kunthii Moq.,<br />

Basella tuberosa Kunth, Melloca peruviana Moq.]<br />

FAMILY: Basellaceae (basella)<br />

ENGLISH: melloco, ulluca, ulluco<br />

SPANISH: arequipa lisas, <strong>at</strong>uq ulluku, <strong>at</strong>uq lisa, camarones de<br />

tierra, chigua, chugua, chuguas, hubas, lisas, melloco, michiruí<br />

migurí, michuri, mucuchi, olloco, olluco, papa lisa, papalisa,<br />

papas lisas, phantasma lisas, quillu chuqcha lisas, ruba, rubas,<br />

rubia, ruhuas, timbós, tiquiharo lisas, tiquiño, tuna ullush,<br />

ulluca, ulluco, ullucu, ulluma, yuraq lisas, zanahoria lisas<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaves and small, pot<strong>at</strong>o-like, variably colored tubers,<br />

<strong>of</strong> this cold-hardy plant, are e<strong>at</strong>en as vegetables. Tubers may be<br />

consumed freeze dried, cooked, or fermented.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: High Andes from Colombia to Argentina<br />

REFERENCES: Brako and Zarucchi 1993, Cárdenas 1969, Coe 1994, Duke<br />

1986, Franquemont et al. 1990, León 1987, OAS 1973, N<strong>at</strong>ional<br />

Research Council 1989, Soukup 1970, Terra 1966, Wilson 1992,<br />

Zimmerer 1992<br />

Ulmus mexicana (Liebm.) Planchon [syn. Chaetoptelea mexicana<br />

Liebm.]<br />

FAMILY: Ulmaceae (elm)<br />

SPANISH: olmo, tsaah<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit is e<strong>at</strong>en as a snack.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Mexico and Central America<br />

REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984<br />

Ulmus parvifolia Jacq.<br />

FAMILY: Ulmaceae (elm)<br />

ENGLISH: Chinese elm, lacebark elm<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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