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Plant List only for person: Medina, Lucas: 95 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: Mimosoideae	Acacia cornigera	shrub, tree	Med, Food	N	bullhorn acacia, ant thorn	pico de gurrion, cuerno de vaca	liscanal, zubin, huascanal	black cockspur
POLYPODIOPHYTA: ADIANTACEAE	Adiantum tenerum	fern	Med	N	maidenhair fern, black stick	helecho, espuma, palo negro	ok-pick-ek-chi-chan, roc-che-cwan
ALLIACEAE	Allium cepa	herb	Food	I	onion	cebolla
ALLIACEAE	Allium sativum	herb	Food, Med	I	garlic	ajo
ARECACEAE	Alocasia macrorhiza	shrub	Orn, Med	U	elephant ear			creole gal
ASPHODELACEAE	Aloe vera	shrub	Med	I	aloe vera
RUBIACEAE	Alseis yucatanensis	tree	Cnst	N	wild mammee, wild mamey	tabaquillo, mammee silvestre	cacao-che, ison, zon, haas'che, ts'om
BROMELIACEAE	Ananas comosus	shrub, tree	Food	I	pineapple	piÒa
ANNONACEAE	Annona cherimola	tree	Food	I	cherimoya, custard apple, chirimoya, chirimolla, a
ANNONACEAE	Annona muricata	tree	Spc, Med, Food, Bev, Prd, Pois, Orn	N	sour sop, annona, durian	guan·bana	takob
UNKNOWNS 1	Annona squamosa??	tree	Food		sugar apple
ARACEAE	Anthurium slechtendahlii	herb, epiphyte	Med	N	pheasant's tail	cola de faisan	tye-pÈ, xiv-tun-ich, xiv-yak-tun-ich
ARECACEAE	ARECACEAE 2	palm	Orn	U	dwarf palm
ARECACEAE	ARECACEAE 3	shrub	Food, Bev, Orn	U	cocó, macal
ARECACEAE	Attalea cohune	palm	Med, Food, Oil, Fuel, Bev, Cnst, Prd	N	cohune	corozo	tutz, manaca	cocando boy, chunciey
BRASSICACEAE	Brassica oleracea var. capitata	herb	Food	I	cabbage (cultivated)
COMBRETACEAE	Bucida buceras	tree	Prd, Tan, Med, Cnst	N	bullet tree	cacho de toro	pucte, puk-te	bully 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
MARANTACEAE	Calathea lutea	herb	Food, Med, Prd	N	waha leaf	hoja del sal, wah·	moxan, mu-shan	waha leaf
CARICACEAE	Carica spp.	tree		I	hawaiian papaya
ARECACEAE	Caryota mitis	palm		I	fishtail palm
MORACEAE	Castilla elastica	tree	Ltx	N	wild rubber	castilloa rubber	hule, kiikche, kikiche, kukche, yaxha
CECROPIACEAE	Cecropia peltata	tree	Med, Prd, Fumt, Food	N	trumpet tree	guarumo	a'kl, ixcoch, cho-otz
BOMBACACEAE	Ceiba pentandra	tree	Ritl, Prd, Food, Med, Fibr	N	cotton tree	ceiba	kapok, yaxchÈ, inup
CHENOPODIACEAE	Chenopodium ambrosioides	herb, subshrub	Med, Food, Pois	N	mexican wormseed	apasote, epasote
SAPOTACEAE	Chrysophyllum cainito	tree	Food, Prd, Med, Ltx, Cnst, Bev	I	star apple	caimito, commito
SAPOTACEAE	Chrysophyllum mexicanum	shrub, tree	Med, Food, Ltx, Cnst, Forg	N	wild star apple	caimito	zikay·, chiceh	damsel
RUTACEAE	Citrus aurantium	tree	Med, Food, Spc, Fuel, Orn, Prd, Bev, Fibr, Oil	I	sour orange	naranja agria
RUTACEAE	Citrus sinensis	tree	Food, Med, Bev, Oil, Prd	I	washington orange, sweet orange	naranja dulce
RUTACEAE	Citrus sinensis var. Valencia	tree	Food, Bev	I	valencia orange
EUPHORBIACEAE	Cnidoscolus chayamansa	shrub, tree	Food, Med, Pois	N	chaya, tea		tza
POLYGONACEAE	Coccoloba uvifera	shrub, tree	Food, Bev, Med, Fuel, Forg, Cnst, Tan, Prd	N	grape, sea grape	uva	niiche
ARECACEAE	Cocos nucifera	palm	Food, Oil, Prd, Med, Bev, Fibr	U	coconut	coco, cocotera
BORAGINACEAE	Cordia bicolor	tree		N		sombra de ternero
BORAGINACEAE	Cordia dodecandra	tree	Food, Prd, Cnst, Med	N		ciricote, siricote, zericote	chack opte
COSTACEAE	Costus pulverulentus	herb	Med, Forg, Food, Cnst	U	spiral ginger, wild ginger	caÍo de cristo, caÒa de cristo	ch'uun
BIGNONIACEAE	Crescentia cujete	tree	Med, Prd, Food, Bev, Ritl, Forg	N	calabash, savannah calabash, wild calabash, luch,	jicara	hom, huaz
AMARYLLIDACEAE	Crinum spp.	shrub	Orn	*	garden lily
EUPHORBIACEAE	Croton sp.	shrub		U	croton		chichibe
ZINGIBERACEAE	Curcuma domestica	herb	Spc, Med	I	curry, turmeric, yellow ginger
POACEAE/GRAMINAE	Cymbopogon citratus	grass	Med, Bev	^	lemon grass	zacate de limon		fever grass
COMPOSITAE	Cynara scolymus	cultivated plant	Food	I	artichoke
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Diphysa carthaginensis	shrub, tree	Med, Prd, Cnst	N	rue, wild ruda, wild rue		susuck, tsutsuc	warrie wood
ORCHIDACEAE	Encyclia cochleata	herb, epiphyte	Orn	N	black orchid
MYRTACEAE	Eugenia malaccensis	tree	Food	I	malay apple
MALVACEAE	Gossypium hirsutum	shrub, cultivated	Med, Fibr	N	cotton, cotton tree, wild cotton	algodÛn	taman
MELIACEAE	Guarea glabra	tree	Cnst, Med	N	wild orange, mahogany	cedrillo, cramante	b‚l-ba, bÛl-ba
RUBIACEAE	Hamelia patens	shrub, small tree	Food, Med, Orn, Prd, Bev, Tan	N	red pollyhead, polly red head, red head, scarlet	sanalo-todo, arbusto de color escarlata, indios	ixcanan, axcanan, canaan, chactoc, x-kanan, klaush
HELICONIACEAE	Heliconia psittacorum	Low, Red bracts and light yellow sepals	Orn	N	parakeet flower
HELICONIACEAE	Heliconia spp.	herb	Orn	U	heliconia, lobster claw
MALVACEAE	Hibiscus spp.	herb, subshrub		N	hibiscus
LAMIACEAE	Hyptis suaveolens	herb, subshrub	Food, Pois, Med, Bev	N	oregano	orégano		jamaican spikenard
LAMIACEAE	Hyptis verticillata	subshrub, shrub	Med, Prd	N	john charles, john charles weed	San Martin, hoja de martin, oja martin, yerba mate	shkot-k'wai
BIGNONIACEAE	Jacaranda mimosifolia	tree		I		jacaranda
OLACACEAE	Jasminum officinale	herb	Orn	I	jasmine
SOLANACEAE	Lycopersicon esculentum var. cerasiforme	shrub	Food	N	cherry tomato
ANACARDIACEAE	Mangifera indica	tree	Food, Med, Bev, Pois, Prd	I	mango
EUPHORBIACEAE	Manihot esculenta	subshrub	Food, Orn, Med, Pois, Prd, Spc, Ltx	I	cassava, white cassava		tsin
MARANTACEAE	Maranta arundinaceae	herb	Food, Med	I	arrowroot		yukia
LAMIACEAE	Mentha piperita	herb	Spc, Bev	I	mint
MUSACEAE	Musa 4	tree	Food	I	apple banana, guineo manzana
MUSACEAE	Musa paradisiaca	tree, her-baceous	Food, Med	I	plantain, banana	banana de marano, guineo, platano	box haas, haas
NEW PLANT 01	NEW PLANT 01	shrub			pigeon bean
NEW PLANT 31	NEW PLANT 31	vine				espuma
NEW PLANT 32	NEW PLANT 32	grass	orn		screw pine
NEW PLANT 33	NEW PLANT 33	shrub			umbrella plant, papyrus
CACTACEAE	Opuntia cochenillifera	shrub	Orn	N	cactus	nopal		scogeneel
ORCHIDACEAE	Other orchid spp.	herb, epiphyte		N	ground orchid, wax orchid, cinnamon orchid
LAURACEAE	Persea americana	tree	Med, Food, Prd, Pois, Dye, Bev, Oil	N	avocado	aguacate, aguacote	on	butter-pear, pear
ARACEAE	Philodendron	herb		N
MYRTACEAE	Pimenta dioica	tree	Med, Food, Bev, Spc, Oil	N	allspice	pimienta, pimienta gorda, pimenta, pimenta gorda	naba-cuc
PINOPHYTA: PODOCARPACEAE	Podocarpus guatemalensis	tree	Cnst	N	cypress, mountain cypress	cypress de montana
MYRTACEAE	Psidium guajava	shrub, tree	Food, Med, Prd, Fuel, Tan, Bev	N	guava	guajava, guayaba	coloc, heliche, pata, pat, pa-taíh, piche, pichi,
RUBIACEAE	Psychotria pubescens	shrub	Med, Forg	U	life everlasting, everlasting leaf	hierba, anal hembra, siempre viva	anal-xiv, ix-anal	hog bush, wild skanan
FAGACEAE	Quercus oleoides	tree	Cnst, Prd, Med, Resn	N	cedar, red cedar, spanish cedar	cedro, cedro rojo, cidra
COMMELINACEAE	Rhoeo spathaceae/discolor	herb	Orn	U	boat lily, moses in the cradle	maguey morado
ANNONACEAE	Rollinia mucosa	shrub, tree		n	biriba
ARECACEAE	Roystonea regia	palm	Orn, Cnst, Forg	N	royal palm	palma real
RUTACEAE	RUTACEAE 1	tree	Food, Bev	U	earlyss orange (earlin)			earlyss orange (earlin)
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
AGAVACEAE	Sansevieria trifasciata	shrub	Med, Orn	I	snake plant, golden Hahnii			mother-in-law tongue
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Senna uniflora	herb	Med	I	pissabed flower	baraja	xtul?-bay·	piss-a-bed
MELIACEAE	Swietenia macrophylla	tree	Cnst, Med, Prd	N	broken ridge mahogany, mahogany	caoba	chacaltÈ, punab, sutz'uch
APOCYNACEAE	Tabernaemontana alba	shrub, tree	Med, Prd, Gum	N		cojeton, cojon de perro, cojoton, huevo de chucho	chakilikin, ton-cha, ton-chi, ton-samin, ton-sami	dog balls
THEOPHRASTACEAE	Tagetes erecta	shrub	Med, Orn	N	flower of death	flor de muerto	ixtupú	marigold
SAPINDACEAE	Talisia oliviformis	tree	Prd, Forg, Food	N	kinep	guaya	wayah, uayum	kinep
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Tamarindus indica	tree	Food, Bev, Prd, Med, Fuel, Cnst	I	tamarind	tamarindo		tambran
COMBRETACEAE	Terminalia catappa	tree	Food, Med, Cnst, Prd, Oil, Pois, Tan	I	almond, almond tree	almendra
COMMELINACEAE	Tradescantia spathaceae	herb	Med, Orn, Pois, Prd, Dye	N	Moses in the boat	maguey sylvestre	chatsum
COMMELINACEAE	Tradescantia zebrina	herb	Orn	N	club moss, moses in the cradle
TURNERACEAE	Turnera ulmifolia	subshrub, shrub	Med, Orn	I	jamaican flower, wild damiana	ciril, clandioso, clavo de cristo, clavo de ora
UNKNOWNS 11	UNKNOWNS 11	herb	Orn		zenia
URTICACEAE	Urera baccifera	shrub	Med, Prd	N	cow-itch	ortiga	laal

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)