The Australian New Crops Newsletter


Issue No 10, July 1998.


NOTICE: Hard copies of the Australian New Crops Newsletter are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher. Details of availability are included in the Advice on Publications Available.


32. New crop enquiries

The following have been the subject of enquiries during the past six months, either to the New Crops group at Gatton or through the Purdue New Crops Listserver:

 

Acacia mangium
Adenium obesum
Aleurites fordi
(tung nut)
Aleuties montana (mu oil)
Allium tricoccum
Amaranthus
spp
Anredera basselloides (patate fleur)
Apios americana
Argania spinosa
(argan)
Aristotelia serrata (wineberry or makomako)
Arundinacea gigantea
Arundinaria (canebrake reed)
Averrhoa carambola (starfruit or carambola)
Baby corn
Bactris gasipaes
Belgian endive
Bertholletia excelsa
Bixa orellana
black cohosh
black/purple potatoes
Canna edulis (canna)
Cannabis sativa for oil
capers
Capulin cherries
chamomile oil
cherimoya
Chufa
Corchorus olitorius (moloukhiyat or Jew's mallow)
Curcuma alismatifolia
Cyperus esculentus
Cyphomandra betaceae
(tree tomatoes or tamarillo)
Diospyros digna (black sapote or chocolate pudding plant)
Eleocharis dulcis (Chinese water chestnut)
Eragrostis tef
Eugenia uniflora
Fletcher's Red loquat
Garcinia hombrioniana
germanica
golden seal
grain sorghum for human consumption
ground almond
guar
horsetail
hydroponic soybeans
Hylocereus triangularis (Pitaya)
Hypericum perforatum
Ipomoea aquatica
jewelweed
Juglans spp
Juniper berry
Kenaf
laccaria mushrooms
lingonberries
Lonicera caerula
Lonicera caerula
var edulis (edible or blue honeysuckle)
lovage
Manihot esulenta (cassava)
Menyantes trifoliata
Monstera deliciosa
Mucuna
sp (velvet bean)
noni fruit
Oenothera biennis (evening primrose)
Opuntia spp
ornamental barberry
Osteospermum
Oxalis tuberosa (oca)
oyster mushrooms
Pachira aquatica (guinea chestnut)
Passiflora incarnata
Pedicularis canadensis
(lousewort)
Piscidia spp (Jamaican dogwood)
Pistachio
Pistacia vera
Polymnia sonchifolia
(yacon)
Pometia pinnata (Fijian longan)
portabella mushrooms
Rubus chamaemorus (mutter berry)
Rubus phoenicolasius (wineberry)
salicornia
Salvia lavandulifolia
Sarcocephalus xanthoxylon
(African nut tree N'Dea)
seabuckthorn
selak
Sesbania bispinosa
Sesbania cannabina
Solanum muricatum
(pepino dulce)
St John's Wort
sweet flag or Calamus
Taishou kintoki
tamarind
Tetragonia tetragonioides
Theobroma grandiflorum
Vigna unguiculata
wasabi
wasontle
wild leeks or ramps
willow for salicin production

 


Any claims made by authors in the Australian New Crops Newsletter are presented by the Editors in good faith. Readers would be wise to critically examine the circumstances associated with any claims to determine the applicability of such claims to their specific set of circumstances. This material can be reproduced, with the provision that the source and the author (or editors, if applicable) are acknowledged and the use is for information or educational purposes. Contact with the original author is probably wise since the material may require updating or amendment if used in other publications. Material sourced from the Australian New Crops Newsletter cannot be used out of context or for commercial purposes not related to its original purpose in the newsletter


Contact: Dr Rob Fletcher, School of Land and Food, The University of Queensland Gatton College, 4345; Telephone: 07 5460 1311 or 07 5460 1301; Facsimile: 07 5460 1112; International facsimile: 61 7 5460 1112; Email: r.fletcher@mailbox.uq.edu.au


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