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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 />

NATURAL RANGE: West Indies, probably to Central America and Mexico,<br />

now widespread<br />

REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984, Bennett et al. 2001, Coe 1994, Duke and<br />

Vásquez 1994, Facciola 1990, IBGE 1980, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes),<br />

Mabberley 1987, OAS 1973, Plowman 1969, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Xanthosoma yuc<strong>at</strong>ense Engl.<br />

FAMILY: Araceae (arum or aroid)<br />

SPANISH: xmacal<br />

USES/NOTES: Cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed on a small scale in <strong>the</strong> Yuc<strong>at</strong>án for its<br />

edible tubers.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Yuc<strong>at</strong>án<br />

REFERENCES: Plowman 1969<br />

Ximenia americana L.<br />

FAMILY: Olacaceae (American hog plum)<br />

ENGLISH: false sandlewood, hog plum, monkey plum, mountain plum,<br />

purge-nut, seaside plum, tallow-wood, tallow-wood plum, wild<br />

lime, wild olive<br />

PORTUGUESE: ababuí, ambuy, ameixa, ameixa-da-Bahia, ameixa-d<strong>at</strong>erra,<br />

ameixa-de-espinho, ameixa-do-Brasil, ameixa-do-Pará,<br />

espinheiro- de-ameixa, limão-bravo-do-brejo, sandalo-do-Brasil,<br />

umbu-bravo<br />

SPANISH: albarillo, cagalera, chocomico, jía manzanilla, limón de<br />

mar, limoncillo, manzana de diablo, manzana guayabo, manzanilla<br />

de playa, manzanillo, pepenance, tigrito, yaná<br />

USES/NOTES: Very sweet, though sometimes bitter (from prussic<br />

acid), yellow, plum-like fruit, to 3 cm in diameter, is e<strong>at</strong>en<br />

fresh or preserved. Roasted seeds are edible and contain an oil<br />

used as a substitute for ghee. Uncooked seed kernel is toxic.<br />

Young leaves reportedly can be e<strong>at</strong>en cooked, though <strong>the</strong>y too may<br />

be toxic. Scented, yellow wood is used like sandlewood.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Humid Neotropics and subtropics to north-central<br />

Florida, now widespread in <strong>the</strong> tropics and most nearly frost-free<br />

subtropics<br />

REFERENCES: Accorsi et al. n.d., Bourke et al. 1987, Brücher 1989,<br />

Godfrey 1988, Heywood 1978, IBGE 1980, Lakela and Wunderlin 1980,<br />

Mabberley 1987, Martin et al. 1987, Morton 1974, Morton 1977,<br />

Nelson 1994, OAS 1973, Perkins and Payne 1978, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Ximenia coriacea Engl.<br />

FAMILY: Olacaceae (American hog plum)<br />

PORTUGUESE: ameixeira-brava<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits are edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Martin et al. 1987<br />

Xylopia arom<strong>at</strong>ica (Lam.) Mart. [syn. Unona concolor Willd.]<br />

FAMILY: Annonaceae (custard-apple)<br />

ENGLISH: Guyana unona<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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