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

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
USES/NOTES: Shoots and young leaves may be eaten as a cooked
vegetable or used in beer making. The plant also is used to make
an astringent; used in folk remedies for gout, dropsy, skin
ailments, and respiratory problems like asthma, bronchitis, and
hay fever; and to make a pesticide. The plant’s stinging hairs
contain choline, formic acid, histamine, and serotonin.
NATURAL RANGE: Temperate regions of the Old World, widely
naturalized
REFERENCES: Duke 1992, Duke 1997, Duke 2002, Espejo Serna et al.
n.d., Facciola 1990, Franquemont et al. 1990, Harris 1972, Jardim
Botânico de Brasília 1990, Kermath (notes), Mabberley 1987,
Peterson 1977, Schneider 1987, Usher 1974, Yanovsky 1936
Urtica dioica subsp. gracilis (Aiton) Selander [syn. U.
californica Greene, U. dioica var. californica (Greene) C.
Hitchc., U. gracilis Aiton]
FAMILY: Urticaceae (nettle)
ENGLISH: California nettle, slender nettle, stinging nettle
SPANISH: ortiga
USES/NOTES: Shoots and young leaves are eaten like cooked spinach,
stems are used in beer making, and leaf is made into tea. Perhaps
best included under U. dioca.
NATURAL RANGE: North America
REFERENCES: FNAEC 1997, Hickman 1993, PFAF n.d.
Urtica dioica subsp. holosericea (Nutt.) Thorne [syn. U.
holosericea Nutt.]
FAMILY: Urticaceae (nettle)
ENGLISH: California nettle, stinging nettle
SPANISH: ortiga
USES/NOTES: Shoots and young leaves are eaten like cooked spinach,
and stems are used in beer making. Perhaps best included under U.
dioca.
NATURAL RANGE: Western North America
REFERENCES: FNAEC 1997, Hickman 1993, Moerman 1998, PFAF n.d.
Urtica urens L.
FAMILY: Urticaceae (nettle)
ENGLISH: annual nettle, burning nettle, dog nettle, dwarf nettle,
nettle, small nettle
PORTUGUESE: cansanção, urtiga
SPANISH: ortiga menor
USES/NOTES: Shoots, young leaves, and stem tops are eaten as a
potherb.
NATURAL RANGE: cosmpolitan
REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Martin and Ruberté 1975, Uphof 1968
Uvularia sessilifolia L.
FAMILY: Liliaceae (lily)
ENGLISH: bellwort, little merrybells, wild oat
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