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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: wasabi<br />

USES/NOTES: Roots are <strong>the</strong> source <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> piquant green paste used<br />

widely as a condiment for sushi and o<strong>the</strong>r Japanese quisine.<br />

Leaves, stems, and flowers are also edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern Asia<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Tanaka 1976, Terrell et al. 1986<br />

Washingtonia filifera (Linden) H. Wendl.<br />

FAMILY: Arecaceae or Palmae (palm)<br />

ENGLISH: American cotton palm, California fan palm, California<br />

Washington palm, desert fan palm, desert palm, pettico<strong>at</strong> palm,<br />

thread palm, Washington palm<br />

PORTUGUESE: palmeira-washingtonia, washingtonia-de-saia<br />

SPANISH: palma blanca<br />

USES/NOTES: Pulp <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> small, dark fruit tastes like d<strong>at</strong>es<br />

(Phoenix dactilifera) and may be e<strong>at</strong>en raw, cooked, or dried,<br />

seed is edible cooked, and young terminal buds and stem hearts<br />

are e<strong>at</strong>en as vegetables. Tall, cold-hardy palm is also used as a<br />

landscape plant, especially along streets.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Border region <strong>of</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn California and Arizona, and<br />

adjacent Mexico, n<strong>at</strong>uralized in o<strong>the</strong>r warm regions<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Graf 1974, Henderson et al. 1995, Jones<br />

1995, Kirk 1970, Mabberley 1987, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Weiner 1980,<br />

Yanovsky 1936<br />

Washingtonia robusta H. Wendl. [syn. W. sonorae S. W<strong>at</strong>son]<br />

FAMILY: Arecaceae or Palmae (palm)<br />

ENGLISH: Mexican fan palm, pettico<strong>at</strong> palm, skyduster, thread palm,<br />

Washington palm<br />

SPANISH: palma blanca<br />

USES/NOTES: Small, berry-like fruits are edible. Tall, slender tree<br />

is used as a landscape palm, especially along streets.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Baja California, n<strong>at</strong>uralized in o<strong>the</strong>r warm regions<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Graf 1974, Henderson et al. 1995, Jones<br />

1995, Mabberley 1987, Martin et al. 1987, Nelson 1994, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Wettinia maynensis Spruce<br />

FAMILY: Arecaceae or Palmae (palm)<br />

ENGLISH: wettinia palm<br />

SPANISH: bambil, camonilla, corunta, cuyu-corota, gualte, gualte<br />

bola, pambil, ponilla, pullo coroto<br />

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

NATURAL RANGE: East-central Andes from Peru to sou<strong>the</strong>rn Colombia<br />

REFERENCES: Bennett et al. 2001, Henderson 1995, Henderson et al.<br />

1995, Kahn and de Granville 1992<br />

Wisteria frutescens (L.) Poiret in Lam.<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae <strong>of</strong> Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or<br />

pea)<br />

ENGLISH: American wisteria, wisteria<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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