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Plant List only for person: Tun, Rodolfo: 69 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

EUPHORBIACEAE	Amanoa guianensis	shrub, tree	Prd	I	lemonario	limonario		swamp icaco
ANACARDIACEAE	Anacardium occidentale	tree	Food, Prd, Med, Pois, Cnst, Oil	n	cashew	maraÒon
BROMELIACEAE	Ananas comosus	shrub, tree	Food	I	pineapple	piÒa
ANNONACEAE	Annona muricata	tree	Spc, Med, Food, Bev, Prd, Pois, Orn	N	sour sop, annona, durian	guan·bana	takob
ARECACEAE	ARECACEAE 4	palm		U	maya palm
MORACEAE	Artocarpus communis	tree	Food	I	breadfruit
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
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
CLUSIACEAE	Calophyllum brasiliense	tree	Cnst, Med, Ltx	I	santa maria	pito sico
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
APOCYNACEAE	Catharanthus roseus	herb	Orn	I	periwinkle
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
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
BIGNONIACEAE	Crescentia cujete	tree	Med, Prd, Food, Bev, Ritl, Forg	N	calabash, savannah calabash, wild calabash, luch,	jicara	hom, huaz
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
ARALIACEAE	Dendropanax arboreus	tree	Food, Prd, Orn, Forg, Fuel, Med	N	lion's hand, mountain blossom berries, potatowood,	mano de león	sac-chacah, tzíub
ARECACEAE	Desmoncus orthacanthos	palm, spiny, climbing	Food, Pois, Fibr	N	basket tie-tie, basket to tie, basket whist, baske	ballal	bayal, bayl	cocoboy, coconoboy
DIOSCOREACEAE	Dioscorea bartlettii	vine	Food, Med, Dye, Pois	N	red china root, red cocolmecca, white cocolmecca,	cocolmeca blanca, cocolmeca roja, ogaje	ya-ya-chi
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
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
ASTERACEAE	Koanophyllon albicaule	shrub, tree	Med, Prd	N	black cordoncillo, black piper	cordoncillo negro	soscha, xolexnuc	old woman's walking stick
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Lonchocarpus castilloi	tree	Cnst, Med	N	black cabbage bark, cabbage bark		manchich
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Lonchocarpus sp.	tree	Cnst, Fuel	N	cabbage bark, dogwood, turtle-bone
SOLANACEAE	Lycopersicon esculentum	vine	Food	N	tomato	tomate
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
SAPOTACEAE	Manilkara zapota	tree	Food, Gum, Med, Ltx, Cnst	N	red sapodilla, sapodilla	chico zapote, sapote, zapote, zapotillo, zapote b	ya	chicle, chicle tree
EUPHORBIACEAE	Margaritaria nobilis	shrub or tree		N	mora, bastard madre cacao	mata palo, ramón macho	ininche	clawberry
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
GRAMINEAE	Oryza sativa	grass, cultivated	Food, Bev	I	rice	arroz
LAURACEAE	Persea americana	tree	Med, Food, Prd, Pois, Dye, Bev, Oil	N	avocado	aguacate, aguacote	on	butter-pear, pear
MYRTACEAE	Pimenta dioica	tree	Med, Food, Bev, Spc, Oil	N	allspice	pimienta, pimienta gorda, pimenta, pimenta gorda	naba-cuc
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 reticulata	tree	Food	N		zapote negro, zapotillo negro
SAPOTACEAE	Pouteria sapota	tree	Food, Med, Oil, Cnst, Ltx, Prd, Pois	N	mame, mamee, sapote, mamey, mamey apple, mammy app	zapote grande	saltule
FAGACEAE	Quercus oleoides	tree	Cnst, Prd, Med, Resn	N	cedar, red cedar, spanish cedar	cedro, cedro rojo, cidra
ROSACEAE	Rosa spp.	shrub	Orn	I	rose	rosa
ARECACEAE	Roystonea regia	palm	Orn, Cnst, Forg	N	royal palm	palma real
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
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 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
LOGANIACEAE	Strychnos brachistantha(panamensis?)	liana, shrub, often armed	Med, Food	N		chicoloro
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Swartzia cubensis	tree, red sap	Med	N	bitter wood, crying blood, northern rosewood	llora sangre, sangre de torro	kat'alox
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
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Tamarindus indica	tree	Food, Bev, Prd, Med, Fuel, Cnst	I	tamarind	tamarindo		tambran
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
AGAVACEAE	Yucca guatemalensis	shrub, tree	Orn, Food, Med	N	yucca	pasqui
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)