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Plant List only for person: Waight, Marlyn: 89 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
POLYPODIOPHYTA: ADIANTACEAE	Adiantum tenerum	fern	Med	N	maidenhair fern, black stick	helecho, espuma, palo negro	ok-pick-ek-chi-chan, roc-che-cwan
BROMELIACEAE	Ananas comosus	shrub, tree	Food	I	pineapple	piÒa
ANNONACEAE	Annona cherimola	tree	Food	I	cherimoya, custard apple, chirimoya, chirimolla, a
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
ARISTOLOCHIACEAE	Aristolochia maxima	liana	Food, Med	N	contribo, contribu, duck flower	guaco
UNKNOWNS 43	Artocarpus heterophyllus?	tree			jack fruit
ASCLEPIDACEAE	Asclepia curassavica	herb	Med, Pois	N	polly redhead, cho cho, mis, red hand polly	gato, hoja de veneno, raton	chushu-yu-shi, cuchilli-xiv, ka-ki-at'sum
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
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
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
ASTERACEAE	Chromolaena odorata	shrub, tree	Med	N	jack-in-the-bush		hatz, yaxhatz
UNKNOWNS 45	Cissampelos tropaeolifolia (MENISPERMACEAE)? (hoja	vine	med		pregant woman's herb	hoja de preniada, yerba de la preniada
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
BORAGINACEAE	Cordia (gerescanthus?)	tree	Prd	N		laurel negro, barillo	bohom, bojunche
BORAGINACEAE	Cordia bicolor	tree		N		sombra de ternero
BORAGINACEAE	Cordia dodecandra	tree	Food, Prd, Cnst, Med	N		ciricote, siricote, zericote	chack opte
SAPINDACEAE	Cupania belizensis	shrub, tree	Fuel, Med, Food, Prd, Cnst	N	grande betty, red copal	copal colorado, palo de carbon	chac pom
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Desmodium adscendens	tree	Med	I	strongback	pega ropa, mosote		sticky sticky bur bur
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Diphysa carthaginensis	shrub, tree	Med, Prd, Cnst	N	rue, wild ruda, wild rue		susuck, tsutsuc	warrie wood
APIACEAE	Eryngium foetidum	herb	Food, Med, Spc	N	cilantro, kolentro	culantro, cimaron
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Erythrina folkersii	tree	Med, Prd, Food, Prn, Pois	N	coral tree, tiger tree	pito		john crow bead
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
HELICONIACEAE	Heliconia sp.	herb		*
MALVACEAE	Hibiscus spp.	herb, subshrub		N	hibiscus
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
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
ANNONACEAE	Malmea depressa	shrub or tree	Food, Med, Cnst, Prd	N	wild coffee, che-che, chief of herbs, lancewood, m	sufrekaya, sufricaya,	elemuil, eremuel, eremuilitz-imul, x-ele-muy
ANACARDIACEAE	Mangifera indica	tree	Food, Med, Bev, Pois, Prd	I	mango
MARANTACEAE	Maranta arundinaceae	herb	Food, Med	I	arrowroot		yukia
EUPHORBIACEAE	Margaritaria nobilis	shrub or tree		N	mora, bastard madre cacao	mata palo, ramón macho	ininche	clawberry
UNKNOWNS 44	Morinda citrifolia?	tree			noni
NEW PLANT 36	Moringa oleifera	tree	food, med			moringa
NEW PLANT 12	NEW PLANT 12	tree				Boemia
NEW PLANT 24	NEW PLANT 24	tree				siquia, ciquiya
NEW PLANT 39	NEW PLANT 39	vine				lebiza
NEW PLANT 42	NEW PLANT 42	tree				palo de marimba	iximche'
NEW PLANT 55	NEW PLANT 55	tree			red ramon
NEW PLANT 56	NEW PLANT 56	tree	cnst		pepper for chichalaca		ik-bach, ic-bash
NEW PLANT 57	NEW PLANT 57	shrub				hoja de piojio (sp?)
NEW PLANT 59	NEW PLANT 59	tree			red cotton tree
NEW PLANT 60	NEW PLANT 60	shrub				hoja de viento
NEW PLANT 61	NEW PLANT 61	tree					tsipche'
NEW PLANT 64	NEW PLANT 64	vine			trap vine
NEW PLANT 65	NEW PLANT 65	tree			red cottonwood	mohawa colorada
NEW PLANT 68	NEW PLANT 68	fern			fern	salsa parilla
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
BIGNONIACEAE	Parmetiera aculeata	tree	Food, Orn, Spc, Forg, Med	N	cow okra, wild okra	cuajilote	kat, k'at	cat
PASSIFLORACEAE	Passiflora mayarum	vine	Food, Bev	N	wild passion fruit	granadillo
PASSIFLORACEAE	Passiflora xiikzodz	vine	Med	N	bat wing, bat vine	hoja de murcielago
LAURACEAE	Persea americana	tree	Med, Food, Prd, Pois, Dye, Bev, Oil	N	avocado	aguacate, aguacote	on	butter-pear, pear
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
VERBENACEAE	Priva lappulacea	herb	Med	N	cancer herb	pega-pega, hierba del cancer, masote, mosote, pega	tor‚-pim
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
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Pterocarpus rohriii	tree		N	bloodtree, mountain kaway, dog's blood	palo de sangre, sangre de chuco
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	Sabal mauritiiformis (morrisiana)	palm	Cnst, Food	N	bay leaf, sabal, bay leaf palm, bayleaf palm	botan, guano, guanu	sha-an
AGAVACEAE	Sansevieria trifasciata	shrub	Med, Orn	I	snake plant, golden Hahnii			mother-in-law tongue
SAPINDACEAE	Sapindus saponaria	tree	Cnst, Med, Prd, Pois, Oil, Ritl	N	soap seed, soap berry, soap tree, mountain cherry	jaboncillo	guiril, jabon che, zubul
AMARYLLIDACEAE	Scadoxus multiflorus	herb	Orn	I	fireball lily
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
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
THEOPHRASTACEAE	Tagetes erecta	shrub	Med, Orn	N	flower of death	flor de muerto	ixtupú	marigold
APOCYNACEAE	Thevetia peruviana	shrub or tree, flowers bright yellow	Ritl, Med, Orn, Pois	N	good luck tree	palo de suerte
ULMACEAE	Trema micrantha	shrub	Cnst, Food, Forg, Fibr, Fuel	N	bastard bay cedar, white capulin, wild bay cedar	mahua blanca	capuleen, capulin, chapulin
TILIACEAE	Trichospermum grewiifolium	tree	Cnst, Fibr, Prd	N	balsa wood, narrowleaf moho, moho	lagroso, macapal	capulin, chai, cha-hib, mahaua, makapal
UNKNOWNS 14	UNKNOWNS 14	tree	Fuel		skunk tree, wild rue	ruda de monte	priquiyala
UNKNOWNS 19	UNKNOWNS 19	tree	Cnst, firewood			naranjillo
UNKNOWNS 29	UNKNOWNS 29	tree	Cnst		nail tree	palo de clavo
UNKNOWNS 31	UNKNOWNS 31	vine	Cnst		square vine	bejuco quadrado
UNKNOWNS 32	UNKNOWNS 32	shrub	Orn, Med		coral grass
UNKNOWNS 39	UNKNOWNS 39	shrub	Food			guamuch
UNKNOWNS 7	UNKNOWNS 7	tree	Cnst		tapir ribs	palo de danto, costilla de danto
URTICACEAE	Urera baccifera	shrub	Med, Prd	N	cow-itch	ortiga	laal
LAURACEAE	Various genera and species				laurel	aguacatillo, laurel, laurel hembra	sununteí
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
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)