

TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Section I. General instructions 1 



II. Fruits, wild and cultivated 5 



III. Cultivated edible roots 45 



IV. Edible seeds and greens 51 



V. "Substitute water" plants... : 67 



VI. Poisonous plants 71 



Appendix I. Spanish names of common food plants 91 



II. Master identification table, edible and poisonous plants 92 



III. Master location table, edible and poisonous plants 96 



Index - 100 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



Mango (Mangifera indica) . 10 



Avocado (Persea americand) 11 



Papaw (Carica papaya) 12 



Surinam cherry (Eugenia uniflora) 13 



Passion vine (Passiflora ligularis) . 14 



Mamey (Mammea americand) 15 



Sapote (Calocarpum mammosum) _ 16 



Sapodilla (Achras Zapota) 17 



Cashew (Anacardium occidental) 18 



Star-apple (fihrysophyllum Cainito) 19 



Cacao (Theobroma Cacao) 20 



Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica).-- __ 21 



Custard apple (Annona reticulata) 22 



Soursop (Annona muricaia) . 23 



Sweet-sop (Annona squamosa) 24 



White sapote (Casimiroa edulis) 25 



Spanish plum (Spondias purpurea) 26 



Guava (Psidium guajava) 27 



Wild cherry (Prunus capuli) 28 



Thorn apple (Crataegus pubescens) — _ 29 



Pinanona (Monstera deliciosa) 30 



Rose apple (Eugenia jambos) 31 



Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) 32 



Inga (Inga) 33 



Nance (Byrsonima) 34 



Sea grape (Coccoloba uvifera) 35 



Pingwing (Bromelia Pinguin) (A) and Piro (Karatas) (B) 36 



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