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Plant List only for person: Torres, Narciso FG: 110 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

FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Acacia cornigera	shrub, tree	Med, Food	N	bullhorn acacia, ant thorn	pico de gurrion, cuerno de vaca	liscanal, zubin, huascanal	black cockspur
EUPHORBIACEAE	Acalypha arvensis	herb	Med	N	cancer herb, cat tail	hierba de cancer, cordiemiento
ALLIACEAE	Allium schoenoprasum	herb	Spc, Food, Med	I	chives	cebollin
UNKNOWNS 37	Alpinia zerumbet (Zingiberaceae)?	shrub	Orn		shell ginger
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
ANNONACEAE	Annona squamosa	tree	Food	N	sweet sop	saramoyo
ACANTHACEAE	Aphelandra scabra	shrub	Med, Orn	N	indian head, red anal, red head indian	anal grande, cabeza de indio, pito	anal, anal-chae, chacanal
ARECACEAE	ARECACEAE 2	palm	Orn	U	dwarf palm
ARECACEAE	ARECACEAE 3	shrub	Food, Bev, Orn	U	cocó, macal
MORACEAE	Artocarpus camansi	tree	food	I	breadnut	castaña
UNKNOWNS 43	Artocarpus heterophyllus?	tree			jack fruit
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
ARECACEAE	Attalea cohune	palm	Med, Food, Oil, Fuel, Bev, Cnst, Prd	N	cohune	corozo	tutz, manaca	cocando boy, chunciey
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Bauhinia herrerae	vine	Med, Ritl, Cnst, Fibr	N	cowfoot		ki-bix, malo kibish
BIXACEAE	Bixa orellana	shrub	Food, Med, Prd, Orn, Dye, Fibr, Fuel, Med, Spc	I	annatto, annatto, annmatto, atta, ricatta	achote, achiote	cu-shÈb, kuxub, shi-yaÈ, xayan
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
SOLANACEAE	Capsicum annuum	shrub	Spc	U	jalapeño
CARICACEAE	Carica papaya	tree	Med, Food, Prd, Bev, Pois	I	papaya, wild papaya, manbird papaya		put	papaw
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Cassia grandis	tree	Med, Food, Bev, Orn, Fuel, Prd	N	stinky toe, stinking toe, beef-feed	carao	bookut, bukut, bokut
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
ARECACEAE	Chamaeodora pinnatifrons	palm	Food, Prd, Pois	N	monkey-tail	pacaya	chib, chem-chem, xate, xal-a-cam
SAPOTACEAE	Chrysophyllum mexicanum	shrub, tree	Med, Food, Ltx, Cnst, Forg	N	wild star apple	caimito	zikay·, chiceh	damsel
UNKNOWNS 45	Cissampelos tropaeolifolia (MENISPERMACEAE)? (hoja	vine	med		pregant woman's herb	hoja de preniada, yerba de la preniada
RUTACEAE	Citrus aurantifolia	tree	Food, Med, Bev, Spc, Dye, Oil, Pois	I	sweet lime, lemon, lime
RUTACEAE	Citrus paradise	tree	Food, Med	I	grapefruit	toronja
RUTACEAE	Citrus reticulata	tree	Food, Bev	I	mandarin, tangerine
EUPHORBIACEAE	Cnidoscolus chayamansa	shrub, tree	Food, Med, Pois	N	chaya, tea		tza
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
COMBRETACEAE	Combretum fruticosum	vine	Med, Prd	N	monkey brush, yello brush	chupa miel, sepillo amarillo		curassow comb, tietie
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
ASTERACEAE	Critonia morifolia	herb, subshrub	Med, Pois	N		palo verde	xaac como che, yax-che, ya'x-como-che'	green stick
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Crotalaria cajanifolia	herb, shrub, small tree	Ritl, Spc, Food	N			tzib-che
CUCURBITACEAE	Cucurbita pepo	cultivated vine	Food	N	squash, pumpkin	ayote
SAPINDACEAE	Cupania belizensis	shrub, tree	Fuel, Med, Food, Prd, Cnst	N	grande betty, red copal	copal colorado, palo de carbon	chac pom
ZINGIBERACEAE	Curcuma domestica	herb	Spc, Med	I	curry, turmeric, yellow ginger
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Desmodium adscendens	tree	Med	I	strongback	pega ropa, mosote		sticky sticky bur bur
DIOSCOREACEAE	Dioscorea bartlettii	vine	Food, Med, Dye, Pois	N	red china root, red cocolmecca, white cocolmecca,	cocolmeca blanca, cocolmeca roja, ogaje	ya-ya-chi
DIOSCOREACEAE	Dioscorea sp.	vine		*	wild yam
FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Enterolobium cyclocarpum	tree	Cnst, Food, Pois, Med, Forg, Gum	N	ear-tree	guanacaste, conocaste	pich, tubroos
APIACEAE	Eryngium foetidum	herb	Food, Med, Spc	N	cilantro, kolentro	culantro, cimaron
MALVACEAE	Gossypium hirsutum	shrub, cultivated	Med, Fibr	N	cotton, cotton tree, wild cotton	algodÛn	taman
STERCULIACEAE	Guazuma ulmifolia	shrub, tree	Med, Prd, Food, Fog, Fuel, Bev, Fibr, Spc, Cnst, P	N	bay cedar, bastard cedar, box cedar	caulote, tapaculo, gu·cimo	pixoy
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 spp.	herb	Orn	U	heliconia, lobster claw
MALVACEAE	Hibiscus spp.	herb, subshrub		N	hibiscus
CHRYSOBALANACEAE	Hirtella racemosa	shrub	Food	N	blossom berry, wild pigeon plum	grenada, palo de escoba, hoja de sapo	ch'ilimis, uyamche
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
CONVOLVULACEAE	Ipomoea meyeri	vine	Med	N	wild carrot palm	camotillo
CHRYSOBALANACEAE	Licania platypus	tree	Food, Forg	N	monkey apple		succotz, sunco, urraco
POLYPODIOPHYTA: SCHIZAEACEAE	Lygodium volubile	fern, climbing	Med, Prd, Ritl	N	fever fern, wire whisk, wire whiss	alambre, behuco de alambre, corremiento	alambre-xi, xich-el-ba, xix-el-ba
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
MARANTACEAE	Maranta arundinaceae	herb	Food, Med	I	arrowroot		yukia
CUCURBITACEAE	Melothria pendula	vine	Med, Forg	N	watermelon rat	melon de raton
ANACARDIACEAE	Metopium brownei	shrub or tree with irritating sap	Prd, Pois, Cnst, Med, Forg	N	black poison wood, Honduras walnut	chechem negro	chechem, che-chen	black ponwood
MUSACEAE	Musa paradisiaca	tree, her-baceous	Food, Med	I	plantain, banana	banana de marano, guineo, platano	box haas, haas
ASTERACEAE	Neurolaena lobata	herb, shrub	Med, Prd	N	jackass bitters	trespuntas, mano de lagarto	kayabim, an-mank, k'an-mank
NEW PLANT 11	NEW PLANT 11	vine			Abba bean
NEW PLANT 12	NEW PLANT 12	tree				Boemia
NEW PLANT 13	NEW PLANT 13	tree			horse's eye
NEW PLANT 14	NEW PLANT 14	tree			sweet craboo
NEW PLANT 15	NEW PLANT 15	tree	food			none
NEW PLANT 16	NEW PLANT 16	vine			African yam, vine yam
NEW PLANT 17	NEW PLANT 17	vine	food		green beans
LAMIACEAE	Ocimum campechianum	herb	Food, Med, Ritl, Bev, Spc	I	basil, wild basil	albahaca, albahaca silvestre, aguacatillo	b'enk, cal-cal-tun, ish-bnk, ratz-um-can n, t'eb
BOMBACACEAE	Pachira aquatica	tree	Med, Food, Cnst, Dye	N	provision bark, provision tree	santo domingo, sapote bobo, zapote bobo, zapoton	uacut
PASSIFLORACEAE	Passiflora mayarum	vine	Food, Bev	N	wild passion fruit	granadillo
LAURACEAE	Persea americana	tree	Med, Food, Prd, Pois, Dye, Bev, Oil	N	avocado	aguacate, aguacote	on	butter-pear, pear
UNKNOWNS 42	Phaseolus lunatus?	vine	Forg		lima beans
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
APOCYNACEAE	Plumeria rubra	tree	Orn	N	mayflower, spanish jasmine	flor de mayo, zopilote		frangi pangi
SAPOTACEAE	Pouteria campechiana	tree	Food, Prd, Med, Forg, Ltx	N	mammee cirila	sapotillo rojo	canistel, canizté, zac-xa-nal
MYRTACEAE	Psidium guajava	shrub, tree	Food, Med, Prd, Fuel, Tan, Bev	N	guava	guajava, guayaba	coloc, heliche, pata, pat, pa-taíh, piche, pichi,
EUPHORBIACEAE	Pyllanthus liebmannianus	herb, subshrub	Med	N	baby's tears	yerba de ojo	chin-chin-pol
FAGACEAE	Quercus oleoides	tree	Cnst, Prd, Med, Resn	N	cedar, red cedar, spanish cedar	cedro, cedro rojo, cidra
EUPHORBIACEAE	Ricinus communis	herb, shrub	Med, Prd, Orn, Fuel, Pois	I	castor bean, castor plant	higuerilla	xkoch
SAPINDACEAE	Sapindus saponaria	tree	Cnst, Med, Prd, Pois, Oil, Ritl	N	soap seed, soap berry, soap tree, mountain cherry	jaboncillo	guiril, jabon che, zubul
POACEAE/GRAMINAE	Sasa palmata	bamboo		U	small bamboo
ANACARDIACEAE	Spondias purpurea	shrub or tree	Food, Orn, Bev, Cnst, Med, Prd	N	summer plum, plum, may plum	jocote	ab-Èl, ab-?l
ANACARDIACEAE	Spondias radlkoferi	tree	Med, Cnst, Food	N	hogplum, wild plum	ciruela amarilla, jobo, jocote jobo	rum-p'ok, kinim, kanabal, puk, hu-hu
VERBENACEAE	Stachytarpheta cayennensis	herb	Med, Bev	N	blue vervain, vervain, wild verbena	verbena	cot-a-cam, camacolal, xtyay-ach-bak-shel
BIGNONIACEAE	Tabebuia rosea	tree	Cnst, Med	N	mayflower, may bush	maculiz	hokab, shna'-corts
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
SAPINDACEAE	Talisia oliviformis	tree	Prd, Forg, Food	N	kinep	guaya	wayah, uayum	kinep
APOCYNACEAE	Thevetia ahouai	shrub, tree	Med, Prd, Food	I	dog's tongue	cojÛn de mico, cojÛn de perro, cocheton, juevo de	chi-chi-yak, akits, tsu-pei, tsu-pui, tze-pua, tze	dog balls, grandfathers balls
ULMACEAE	Trema micrantha	shrub	Cnst, Food, Forg, Fibr, Fuel	N	bastard bay cedar, white capulin, wild bay cedar	mahua blanca	capuleen, capulin, chapulin
UNKNOWNS 14	UNKNOWNS 14	tree	Fuel		skunk tree, wild rue	ruda de monte	priquiyala
UNKNOWNS 19	UNKNOWNS 19	tree	Cnst, firewood			naranjillo
UNKNOWNS 31	UNKNOWNS 31	vine	Cnst		square vine	bejuco quadrado
UNKNOWNS 38	UNKNOWNS 38	vine	Forg		deer plant
UNKNOWNS 39	UNKNOWNS 39	shrub	Food			guamuch
UNKNOWNS 46	UNKNOWNS 46	tree			lice tree
ORCHIDACEAE	Vanilla planifolia	herb, epiphyte	Spc, Med	N	vanilla	vainilla
VITACEAE	Vitis tiliifolia	liana	Food, Med, Prd, Bev	N	water vine, wild grape, wild grape vine	bejuco de uva, bejuco de agua	ha-ix-ak, su-sË	water tie-tie, water-wise
ASTERACEAE	Wedelia acapulcensis	herb	Med	N		orosus
POACEAE/GRAMINAE	Zea mays	grass	Food, Forg, Bev, Med	N	corn, green corn (when young/fresh), dry corn	maiz, maiz verde/fresco (when young/fresh), maiz s
RHAMNACEAE	Ziziphus mauritiana	tree	Food, Med	I	governor plum, belize plum, hog plum, catherine's
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)