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

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
Omawale 1973, Peret 1985, Schneider 1987, Vietmeyer 1985, Williams
and Williams 1969
Avicennia germinans (L.) L.
FAMILY: Avicenniaceae (black mangrove) or Verbenaceae (verbena)
ENGLISH: black mangrove, mangrove
SPANISH: aili, calumate, madre de sal, mangle blanco, mangle negro,
mangle prieto, mangle salado, palo de sal, puyeque
USES/NOTES: Sprouts and sprouting seeds are eaten cooked. Uncooked
seeds, however, are poisonous. Salt covered leaves are used as a
salt source. Though called “black mangrove,” this species is
lightest in color of the mangroves and does not grow on stilt
roots.
NATURAL RANGE: Neotropical coasts to southeastern coastal North America
and tropical western Africa
REFERENCES: CONAFOR n.d., Duke n.d., Godfrey 1988, Mabberley 1987,
Nellis 1994
Baccharis gaudichaudiana DC.
FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)
PORTUGUESE: carqueja-doce
SPANISH: carquesia
USES/NOTES: Leaves are made into tea, typically to treat stomach
ailments, but also as a soothing beverage tea.
NATURAL RANGE: Southern Brazil to east-central Paraguay
REFERENCES: Guia Rural 1990, Mentz et al. 1997
Baccharis trimera (Less.) DC. [identified as B. triptera Mart. by
Carneiro Martins]
FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)
PORTUGUESE: bacanta, cacalia-amara, cacalia-amarga, carque, carqueja,
carqueja-amarga, carqueja-amargosa, tiririca-de-babado, vassoura,
vassorinha
SPANISH: carquesia, hu-kuchu, quimsa-kuchu, yaguareté-ka’á
USES/NOTES: Leaves are made into tea, typically to treat stomach and
other ailments, but also as a soothing beverage tea.
NATURAL RANGE: Southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia to Ecuador, or
perhaps restricted originally to Andean Peru
REFERENCES: Cabrera 1978, Carneiro Martins 1989, Guia Rural 1990,
Kermath (notes), Mentz et al. 1997
Baccharis viminea DC.
FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)
ENGLISH: groundsel tree, mule’s fat
USES/NOTES: Leaf shoots have been eaten in times of scarcity by
Amerindians.
NATURAL RANGE: California to adjacent Mexico
REFERENCES: Moerman 1998
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