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Plant List only for person: Aldana, Sergio & Russel: 52 entries, updated 2010-07-02 01:19:28 GMT

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Family	Scientific name	Habitat	Uses	Origin	Local Name
					English	Spanish	Mayan	Creole

MALVACEAE	Abelmoschus esculentus	shrub, cultivated	Food, Fibr	I	okra
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Acosmium panamense	tree	Med, Cnst	N	billy webb
RUBIACEAE	Alseis yucatanensis	tree	Cnst	N	wild mammee, wild mamey	tabaquillo, mammee silvestre	cacao-che, ison, zon, haas'che, ts'om
ANACARDIACEAE	Anacardium occidentale	tree	Food, Prd, Med, Pois, Cnst, Oil	n	cashew	maraÒon
BROMELIACEAE	Ananas comosus	shrub, tree	Food	I	pineapple	piÒa
ANNONACEAE	Annona cherimola	tree	Food	I	cherimoya, custard apple, chirimoya, chirimolla, a
ARISTOLOCHIACEAE	Aristolochia maxima	liana	Food, Med	N	contribo, contribu, duck flower	guaco
APOCYNACEAE	Aspidosperma cruentum	tree	Cnst, Med, Prd	N	milady, my lady, red malady	malerio, chichique
ARECACEAE	Astrocaryum mexicanum	palm, spiny	Food, Cnst, Prd	N	cohun palm, supa	lancetilla, pacaya, cocoyol	tuk-'u, ak-té, ak-t, chapay, g¸iscoyol	warree cohun, warri cohyne
ANACARDIACEAE	Astronium graveolens	tree	Cnst, Med, Prd	N	glassy wood	jobillo, palo mulato	kulimche
ARECACEAE	Attalea cohune	palm	Med, Food, Oil, Fuel, Bev, Cnst, Prd	N	cohune	corozo	tutz, manaca	cocando boy, chunciey
COMBRETACEAE	Bucida buceras	tree	Prd, Tan, Med, Cnst	N	bullet tree	cacho de toro	pucte, puk-te	bully tree
BURSERACEAE	Bursera simaruba	tree	Med, Bev, Csnt, Prd, Fuel, Ritl, Orn, Pois	N	gumbolimbo, birch, red gumbolimbo, white gumbolim	gumbolimbo blanco, indio desnudo, indio peludo, pa	ca-c-ch, ca-cah, cha-c, chacah, cha-ca, cha-cah, h	tourist tree
MALPIGHIACEAE	Byrsonima crassifolia	shrub, tree	Food, Med, Cnst, Fuel, Bev, Prd, Dye, Tan, Forg, P	n	craboo, sour craboo, wild craboo	nance, nanci, nonce,	ch·, chÌ, sacpan, zacpan	craboo, crabu, crapoo, grabon
CARICACEAE	Carica papaya	tree	Med, Food, Prd, Bev, Pois	I	papaya, wild papaya, manbird papaya		put	papaw
BOMBACACEAE	Ceiba pentandra	tree	Ritl, Prd, Food, Med, Fibr	N	cotton tree	ceiba	kapok, yaxchÈ, inup
SAPOTACEAE	Chrysophyllum mexicanum	shrub, tree	Med, Food, Ltx, Cnst, Forg	N	wild star apple	caimito	zikay·, chiceh	damsel
RUTACEAE	Citrus sinensis	tree	Food, Med, Bev, Oil, Prd	I	washington orange, sweet orange	naranja dulce
ARECACEAE	Cocos nucifera	palm	Food, Oil, Prd, Med, Bev, Fibr	U	coconut	coco, cocotera
RUBIACEAE	Coffea arabica	shrub, tree	Food, Bev, Med, Forg, Cnst	I	coffee	café
ARECACEAE	Crysophila stauracantha	palm, spiny	Cnst, Med, Prd	N	silver thatch	escoba	kuun, akuum, mis	give-and-take
CUCURBITACEAE	Cucurbita pepo	cultivated vine	Food	N	squash, pumpkin	ayote
POACEAE/GRAMINAE	Cymbopogon citratus	grass	Med, Bev	^	lemon grass	zacate de limon		fever grass
FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Enterolobium cyclocarpum	tree	Cnst, Food, Pois, Med, Forg, Gum	N	ear-tree	guanacaste, conocaste	pich, tubroos
MELIACEAE	Guarea glabra	tree	Cnst, Med	N	wild orange, mahogany	cedrillo, cramante	b‚l-ba, bÛl-ba
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Lonchocarpus castilloi	tree	Cnst, Med	N	black cabbage bark, cabbage bark		manchich
ANACARDIACEAE	Mangifera indica	tree	Food, Med, Bev, Pois, Prd	I	mango
SAPOTACEAE	Manilkara zapota	tree	Food, Gum, Med, Ltx, Cnst	N	red sapodilla, sapodilla	chico zapote, sapote, zapote, zapotillo, zapote b	ya	chicle, chicle tree
CUCURBITACEAE	Momordica charantia	vine	Food, Med, Forg, Orn, Pois	I	balsam pear	sorosí		sorosee
MUSACEAE	Musa paradisiaca	tree, her-baceous	Food, Med	I	plantain, banana	banana de marano, guineo, platano	box haas, haas
CACTACEAE	Opuntia cochenillifera	shrub	Orn	N	cactus	nopal		scogeneel
BOMBACACEAE	Pachira aquatica	tree	Med, Food, Cnst, Dye	N	provision bark, provision tree	santo domingo, sapote bobo, zapote bobo, zapoton	uacut
LAURACEAE	Persea americana	tree	Med, Food, Prd, Pois, Dye, Bev, Oil	N	avocado	aguacate, aguacote	on	butter-pear, pear
PIPERACEAE	Piper auritum	subshrub	Spc, Med, Prd, Food, Oil	N	bullhoof, cowfoot	obel, santa maria	xmacolan, shma-culan, tzulubtok, xobel
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Piscidia piscipula	tree, shrub	Med, Prd, Cnst, Fuel, Pois	N	dogwood, white wormwood, may bush	habim, jabin, palo de gusano	tiaxib
SAPOTACEAE	Pouteria campechiana	tree	Food, Prd, Med, Forg, Ltx	N	mammee cirila	sapotillo rojo	canistel, canizté, zac-xa-nal
SAPOTACEAE	Pouteria reticulata	tree	Food	N		zapote negro, zapotillo negro
MYRTACEAE	Psidium guajava	shrub, tree	Food, Med, Prd, Fuel, Tan, Bev	N	guava	guajava, guayaba	coloc, heliche, pata, pat, pa-taíh, piche, pichi,
SAXIFRAGACEAE	Ribes hirtellum	tree	Food, Forg, Bev	I	gooseberry
RUTACEAE	RUTACEAE 2	tree	Bev, Med	U	jamaican lime			jamaican lime
ARECACEAE	Sabal mauritiiformis (morrisiana)	palm	Cnst, Food	N	bay leaf, sabal, bay leaf palm, bayleaf palm	botan, guano, guanu	sha-an
POACEAE/GRAMINAE	Saccharum officinarum	grass	Food	I	sugar cane	caña
POACEAE/GRAMINAE	Sasa palmata	bamboo		U	small bamboo
RUBIACEAE	Simira salvadorensis	tree	Prd, Cnst, Fuel	N	red-wood, high ridge redwood	palo colorado, puntero	sac te m'ooch	john crow redwood
ANACARDIACEAE	Spondias radlkoferi	tree	Med, Cnst, Food	N	hogplum, wild plum	ciruela amarilla, jobo, jocote jobo	rum-p'ok, kinim, kanabal, puk, hu-hu
LOGANIACEAE	Strychnos brachistantha(panamensis?)	liana, shrub, often armed	Med, Food	N		chicoloro
MELIACEAE	Swietenia macrophylla	tree	Cnst, Med, Prd	N	broken ridge mahogany, mahogany	caoba	chacaltÈ, punab, sutz'uch
MYRTACEAE	Syzygium cumini	tree	Food, Orn	I	blackberry
BIGNONIACEAE	Tabebuia rosea	tree	Cnst, Med	N	mayflower, may bush	maculiz	hokab, shna'-corts
SAPINDACEAE	Talisia oliviformis	tree	Prd, Forg, Food	N	kinep	guaya	wayah, uayum	kinep
VERBENACEAE	Vitex gaumeri	tree	Prd, Med, Fuel, Forg, Cnst	N	blue blossom, fiddlewood, monkey fiddle, dogwood	flor azul, arbol murcielago	yaxnik, sak-u-sol, yax nik ux pe	walking lady
FLACOURTIACEAE	Zuelania guidonia	shrub, tree	Fuel, Med, Food, Forg, Resn, Prd, Cnst	N	drunken bayman wood, water wood, umbrella	paragua, moroco	chu-ya-ak, tamay, tamai

Key to plant origins: N - Native, I - Introduced, n - Naturalized, U - unknown, E - Endemic, * - Native/Introduced, ^ - Unknown/Naturalized.

Pictures come from our own archives as well as the following sources:
Atran, S., X. Lois, and E. U. Ek. 2004 Plants of the Peten Itza Maya. Vol 38. Ann Arbor: Regents of the University of Michigan.
www.nybg.org/bsci/belize
hortiplex.gardenweb.com/plants/list_all_families.html
www.rain-tree.com/Plant-Images
www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/gallery/gallery_query.htm - Digital Flora of Texas (DFT)