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Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
Avena sativa L.
FAMILY: Gramineae or Poaceae (grass)
ENGLISH: oat, oats
PORTUGUESE: aveia
SPANISH: avena, avena cultivada
USES/NOTES: Seed is the oat of commerce, used as a quality grain,
fermented into alcoholic beverages, and made into a refreshing
juice when blended with with water and sugar and a variety of atole
preparations. Also medicinal.
NATURAL RANGE: Probably East-central Europe
REFERENCES: Duke 1986, Kermath (notes), Leung 1961, Purseglove 1972,
Soukup 1970, Usher 1974, Zohary and Hopf 1993
Averrhoa bilimbi L.
FAMILY: Oxalidaceae (wood sorrel)
ENGLISH: bilimbi, bilimbing, bimbling plum, birambi, citronell,
cucumber tree, sourie, tree sorrel
PORTUGUESE: azedinha, bilimbi, bilimbino, biri-biri, carambolaamarela,
groselha-China, limão-caiana, limão-de-caiena
SPANISH: bilimbi, bilimbín, calamias, camias, grosella carambola,
grosella china, limón chino, mimbro, pepino de las Indias,
tiriguro, vinagrillo
USES/NOTES: Tart fruit is consumed pickled, preserved in syrup,
salted, in relish, or as juice. Flowers are edible preserved. Fruit
juice is used to remove stains and tarnish from metal.
NATURAL RANGE: Malaya
REFERENCES: Berg 1984, Bourke et al. 1987, Duke 1986, IBGE 1980, Leung
1961, Mabberley 1987, Morton 1987a, Omawale 1973, Popenoe 1974,
Rehm and Espig 1991, Samson 1980, Silva and Tassara 1996, Vásquez
and Gentry 1989, Will 1991, Williams and Williams 1969
Averrhoa carambola L.
FAMILY: Oxalidaceae (wood sorrel)
ENGLISH: caramba, carambola, carambola tree, coolie tamarind, fivefinger,
star fruit
PORTUGUESE: camerunga, carambola, caramboleiro, limão de Cayena
SPANISH: árbol de pepino, caramba, carambola, caramboler, carambolera,
carambolero, carambolo, grosella carambola, pepino de la India,
tamarindo chino, tamarindo dulce, tiriguro, vinagrillo
USES/NOTES: Yellowish, elongated, star-shaped, translucent fruit has a
mild, though tart, pear-like flavor and is consumed out of hand, in
fruit salads, or juiced. Flowers are also edible. Fruit contains
oxalic acid, which makes it useful as a metal cleaner. Leaf, root,
and fruit are used in folk medicine. Arrived in Brazil in 1817.
NATURAL RANGE: Sri Lanka, the Moluccas, or Indonesia, or possibly China
or Malaysia, widely cultivated in the tropics
REFERENCES: Bird and Heinlein n.d., Bourke et al. 1987, Cavalcante
1991, Duke 1986, Gregory 1960, Johns and Stevenson 1985, Kermath
(notes), Mabberley 1987, Maxwell and Maxwell 1991, Morton 1987a,
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