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Plant List only for person: Torres, Narciso House Garden: 57 entries, updated 2011-09-14 03:28:06 GMT

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

ALLIACEAE	Allium schoenoprasum	herb	Spc, Food, Med	I	chives	cebollin
RUBIACEAE	Alseis yucatanensis	tree	Cnst	N	wild mammee, wild mamey	tabaquillo, mammee silvestre	cacao-che, ison, zon, haas'che, ts'om
EUPHORBIACEAE	Amanoa guianensis	shrub, tree	Prd	I	lemonario	limonario		swamp icaco
ARACEAE	Anthurium slechtendahlii	herb, epiphyte	Med	N	pheasant's tail	cola de faisan	tye-pÈ, xiv-tun-ich, xiv-yak-tun-ich
ARECACEAE	ARECACEAE 3	shrub	Food, Bev, Orn	U	cocó, macal
ARISTOLOCHIACEAE	Aristolochia maxima	liana	Food, Med	N	contribo, contribu, duck flower	guaco
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
APOCYNACEAE	Aspidosperma cruentum	tree	Cnst, Med, Prd	N	milady, my lady, red malady	malerio, chichique
BASELLACEAE	Basella alba	vine	Food	I	spinach
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
BORAGINACEAE	Bourreria oxyphylla	tree	Food, Prd, Med	N	wild craboo, laurel night bloom	roble blanco, laurel, lima del monte	chi-che, cacuche, sac-pa, sac-bay-eck, ter-ech-mas
MORACEAE	Brosimum guianense	tree	Cnst, Food	N	wild breadnut, bastard breadnut, mountain breadnut	cimarron, masico
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
CAESALPINIACEAE	Caesalpinia pulcherrima	shrub or small tree	Med, Food	N	bird of paradise
SOLANACEAE	Capsicum chinense	herb	Spc	I	habanero pepper, wild chili	chile, habanero, chile del monte
SOLANACEAE	Capsicum frutescens	herb, subshrub	Food, Ritl, Spc, Med	N	bird pepper, habanero pepper, wild chili	chile del monte	maxik, ick, mash-ak
CARICACEAE	Carica papaya	tree	Med, Food, Prd, Bev, Pois	I	papaya, wild papaya, manbird papaya		put	papaw
MORACEAE	Castilla elastica	tree	Ltx	N	wild rubber	castilloa rubber	hule, kiikche, kikiche, kukche, yaxha
APOCYNACEAE	Catharanthus roseus	herb	Orn	I	periwinkle
CHENOPODIACEAE	Chenopodium ambrosioides	herb, subshrub	Med, Food, Pois	N	mexican wormseed	apasote, epasote
RUTACEAE	Citrus limon	tree	Food, Med	I	sour lime, lemon	limon
RUTACEAE	Citrus sinensis	tree	Food, Med, Bev, Oil, Prd	I	washington orange, sweet orange	naranja dulce
EUPHORBIACEAE	Cnidoscolus chayamansa	shrub, tree	Food, Med, Pois	N	chaya, tea		tza
BIGNONIACEAE	Crescentia cujete	tree	Med, Prd, Food, Bev, Ritl, Forg	N	calabash, savannah calabash, wild calabash, luch,	jicara	hom, huaz
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Crotalaria guatemalensis	shrub	Food, Orn	N			chipilin
POACEAE/GRAMINAE	Cymbopogon citratus	grass	Med, Bev	^	lemon grass	zacate de limon		fever grass
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Erythrina folkersii	tree	Med, Prd, Food, Prn, Pois	N	coral tree, tiger tree	pito		john crow bead
MALVACEAE	Gossypium hirsutum	shrub, cultivated	Med, Fibr	N	cotton, cotton tree, wild cotton	algodÛn	taman
BORAGINACEAE	Heliotropum angiospermum	herb	Med, Pois	N	scorpion tail	cola de alegran, rabamaco, rabamico, rabo mico	remax
MALVACEAE	Hibiscus spp.	herb, subshrub		N	hibiscus
LAMIACEAE	Hyptis suaveolens	herb, subshrub	Food, Pois, Med, Bev	N	oregano	orégano		jamaican spikenard
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
UNKNOWNS 3	Mentha spicata	herb	Spc		spearmint	yerba buena
CUCURBITACEAE	Momordica charantia	vine	Food, Med, Forg, Orn, Pois	I	balsam pear	sorosí		sorosee
UNKNOWNS 44	Morinda citrifolia?	tree			noni
MUSACEAE	Musa 4	tree	Food	I	apple banana, guineo manzana
CACTACEAE	Opuntia cochenillifera	shrub	Orn	N	cactus	nopal		scogeneel
ORCHIDACEAE	Other orchid spp.	herb, epiphyte		N	ground orchid, wax orchid, cinnamon orchid
CAESALPINIACEAE	Pachrhizus erosus	vine	Food, Pois	N	jicama, yama bean	jicama, frijolio		yama bean
BIGNONIACEAE	Parmetiera aculeata	tree	Food, Orn, Spc, Forg, Med	N	cow okra, wild okra	cuajilote	kat, k'at	cat
MYRTACEAE	Pimenta dioica	tree	Med, Food, Bev, Spc, Oil	N	allspice	pimienta, pimienta gorda, pimenta, pimenta gorda	naba-cuc
PIPERACEAE	Piper (psilorhachis?)	shrub, tree	Med	N	spanish elder	cordoncillo
PORTULACACEAE	Portulaca oleracea	herb, fleshy	Food, Med, Forg	U	purslane	berdolaga, verdo laga
EUPHORBIACEAE	Pyllanthus liebmannianus	herb, subshrub	Med	N	baby's tears	yerba de ojo	chin-chin-pol
SAXIFRAGACEAE	Ribes hirtellum	tree	Food, Forg, Bev	I	gooseberry
AMARYLLIDACEAE	Scadoxus multiflorus	herb	Orn	I	fireball lily
CUCURBITACEAE	Sechium edule	vine	Food, Med, spc, Prd, Pois	U	chocho	chayote	chu-um, huisquil
SOLANACEAE	Solanum torvum	shrub	Food, Med	N	nightshade	susumba, hoja del plato	pach'l, p'al
ANACARDIACEAE	Spondias sp.	tree	Food, Orn, Cnst, Bev, Med, Prd	*	hogplum	ciruela amarilla, jobo, jocote jobo	kinim, kanabal, puk
VERBENACEAE	Stachytarpheta cayennensis	herb	Med, Bev	N	blue vervain, vervain, wild verbena	verbena	cot-a-cam, camacolal, xtyay-ach-bak-shel
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
COMBRETACEAE	Terminalia catappa	tree	Food, Med, Cnst, Prd, Oil, Pois, Tan	I	almond, almond tree	almendra
STERCULIACEAE	Theobroma cacao	tree, cultivated	Food, Bev, Spc, Oil, Prd	n	cacao, chocolate tree
UNKNOWNS 12	UNKNOWNS 12	tree	Orn			baston del rey
UNKNOWNS 23	UNKNOWNS 23	vine	Orn			velo de novia

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)