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Plant List only for person: Tzul, Alfonzo: 77 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

ANACARDIACEAE	Spondias radlkoferi	tree	Med, Cnst, Food	N	hogplum, wild plum	ciruela amarilla, jobo, jocote jobo	rum-p'ok, kinim, kanabal, puk, hu-hu
ANACARDIACEAE	Spondias purpurea	shrub or tree	Food, Orn, Bev, Cnst, Med, Prd	N	summer plum, plum, may plum	jocote	ab-Èl, ab-?l
ANACARDIACEAE	Mangifera indica	tree	Food, Med, Bev, Pois, Prd	I	mango
ANACARDIACEAE	Anacardium occidentale	tree	Food, Prd, Med, Pois, Cnst, Oil	n	cashew	maraÒon
ANACARDIACEAE	Spondias sp.	tree	Food, Orn, Cnst, Bev, Med, Prd	*	hogplum	ciruela amarilla, jobo, jocote jobo	kinim, kanabal, puk
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
ANNONACEAE	Annona reticulata	tree	Med, Prd, Cnst, Fibr, Food, Dye, Pois, Tan	N	custard apple, annona, wild custard apple	anona blanca, annona colorado, annona del monte	oop, tsulipox
APIACEAE	Eryngium foetidum	herb	Food, Med, Spc	N	cilantro, kolentro	culantro, cimaron
APOCYNACEAE	Plumeria rubra	tree	Orn	N	mayflower, spanish jasmine	flor de mayo, zopilote		frangi pangi
ARECACEAE	Sabal mauritiiformis (morrisiana)	palm	Cnst, Food	N	bay leaf, sabal, bay leaf palm, bayleaf palm	botan, guano, guanu	sha-an
ARECACEAE	Chamaeodora pinnatifrons	palm	Food, Prd, Pois	N	monkey-tail	pacaya	chib, chem-chem, xate, xal-a-cam
ARECACEAE	Cocos nucifera	palm	Food, Oil, Prd, Med, Bev, Fibr	U	coconut	coco, cocotera
ARECACEAE	Crysophila stauracantha	palm, spiny	Cnst, Med, Prd	N	silver thatch	escoba	kuun, akuum, mis	give-and-take
ARECACEAE	Alocasia macrorhiza	shrub	Orn, Med	U	elephant ear			creole gal
ARECACEAE	Attalea cohune	palm	Med, Food, Oil, Fuel, Bev, Cnst, Prd	N	cohune	corozo	tutz, manaca	cocando boy, chunciey
BIGNONIACEAE	Tabebuia rosea	tree	Cnst, Med	N	mayflower, may bush	maculiz	hokab, shna'-corts
BRASSICACEAE	Brassica oleracea var. capitata	herb	Food	I	cabbage (cultivated)
BROMELIACEAE	Ananas comosus	shrub, tree	Food	I	pineapple	piÒa
CACTACEAE	Opuntia cochenillifera	shrub	Orn	N	cactus	nopal		scogeneel
COMBRETACEAE	Terminalia catappa	tree	Food, Med, Cnst, Prd, Oil, Pois, Tan	I	almond, almond tree	almendra
COSTACEAE	Costus pulverulentus	herb	Med, Forg, Food, Cnst	U	spiral ginger, wild ginger	caÍo de cristo, caÒa de cristo	ch'uun
EBENACEAE	Diospyros blancoi	tree		I	velvet apple
EUPHORBIACEAE	Manihot esculenta	subshrub	Food, Orn, Med, Pois, Prd, Spc, Ltx	I	cassava, white cassava		tsin
FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Acacia cornigera	shrub, tree	Med, Food	N	bullhorn acacia, ant thorn	pico de gurrion, cuerno de vaca	liscanal, zubin, huascanal	black cockspur
FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Balizia leucocalyx	tree	Med, Cnst, Prd, Tan	N	wild tamarind	hesmo, jesmo
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Lonchocarpus castilloi	tree	Cnst, Med	N	black cabbage bark, cabbage bark		manchich
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
HELICONIACEAE	Heliconia sp.	herb		*
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
LAURACEAE	Persea americana	tree	Med, Food, Prd, Pois, Dye, Bev, Oil	N	avocado	aguacate, aguacote	on	butter-pear, pear
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
MALVACEAE	Gossypium hirsutum	shrub, cultivated	Med, Fibr	N	cotton, cotton tree, wild cotton	algodÛn	taman
MARANTACEAE	Maranta arundinaceae	herb	Food, Med	I	arrowroot		yukia
MELIACEAE	Swietenia macrophylla	tree	Cnst, Med, Prd	N	broken ridge mahogany, mahogany	caoba	chacaltÈ, punab, sutz'uch
MORACEAE	Trophis racemosa	tree, shrub	Food, Forg , Med, Fuel	N	female white ramon, white breadnut, wild waya	eldorado, ramon blanco, waya del monte	cha-cox, sacua-yun, yaxox
MORACEAE	Ficus sp.	tree		U	(soft leaved)
MUSACEAE	Musa paradisiaca	tree, her-baceous	Food, Med	I	plantain, banana	banana de marano, guineo, platano	box haas, haas
MUSACEAE	Musa hybr.	tree, her-baceous	Food	I	cultivated banana
MYRTACEAE	Eugenia uniflora	shrub, small tree	Food, Orn	I	suriname cherry	pitanga
MYRTACEAE	Eugenia jambos	tree	Food, Cnst	I	rose-apple
MYRTACEAE	Psidium guajava	shrub, tree	Food, Med, Prd, Fuel, Tan, Bev	N	guava	guajava, guayaba	coloc, heliche, pata, pat, pa-taíh, piche, pichi,
MYRTACEAE	Pimenta dioica	tree	Med, Food, Bev, Spc, Oil	N	allspice	pimienta, pimienta gorda, pimenta, pimenta gorda	naba-cuc
NEW PLANT 04	NEW PLANT 04	vine	toy bomb		wild cucumber, wild gourd		xburut'
NEW PLANT 05	NEW PLANT 05	tree	food, posts		dragonfruit	pitaya	wob
NEW PLANT 06	NEW PLANT 06	palm	food			pejibaye
NEW PLANT 07	NEW PLANT 07	herb?	med, food			mano de largarto	ya'axtah
NEW PLANT 08	NEW PLANT 08	tree	food		june plum	jocote	abal
NEW PLANT 09	NEW PLANT 09	herb	food, med		wild mint	albajaca	kakaltun
NEW PLANT 18	NEW PLANT 18	tree			molly apple
NEW PLANT 19	NEW PLANT 19	shrub			red variety Anal, Analo
NEW PLANT 20	NEW PLANT 20	tree					tsol
NEW PLANT 25	NEW PLANT 25	tree			bastard rosewood
NEW PLANT 28	NEW PLANT 28	shrub				Chuchita (large)
NEW PLANT 29	NEW PLANT 29	shrub				Chuchita (small)
NEW PLANT 34	NEW PLANT 34	vine			wild lima bean
NEW PLANT 35	NEW PLANT 35	vine	food		black bean		xpelon, ixpelon
NYCTAGINACEAE	Bouganvillia x buttiana	shrub	Orn	I	bougainvillia
ORCHIDACEAE	Encyclia cochleata	herb, epiphyte	Orn	N	black orchid
ORCHIDACEAE	Other orchid spp.	herb, epiphyte		N	ground orchid, wax orchid, cinnamon orchid
POACEAE/GRAMINAE	Saccharum officinarum	grass	Food	I	sugar cane	caña
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
RUTACEAE	Citrus sinensis	tree	Food, Med, Bev, Oil, Prd	I	washington orange, sweet orange	naranja dulce
SAPINDACEAE	Thouinia paucidentata	tree	Med, Cnst, Forg	N			dzol
SAPINDACEAE	Talisia oliviformis	tree	Prd, Forg, Food	N	kinep	guaya	wayah, uayum	kinep
SAPOTACEAE	Pouteria sapota	tree	Food, Med, Oil, Cnst, Ltx, Prd, Pois	N	mame, mamee, sapote, mamey, mamey apple, mammy app	zapote grande	saltule
SAPOTACEAE	Pouteria campechiana	tree	Food, Prd, Med, Forg, Ltx	N	mammee cirila	sapotillo rojo	canistel, canizté, zac-xa-nal
SAPOTACEAE	Manilkara zapota	tree	Food, Gum, Med, Ltx, Cnst	N	red sapodilla, sapodilla	chico zapote, sapote, zapote, zapotillo, zapote b	ya	chicle, chicle tree
SAPOTACEAE	Chrysophyllum mexicanum	shrub, tree	Med, Food, Ltx, Cnst, Forg	N	wild star apple	caimito	zikay·, chiceh	damsel
SAXIFRAGACEAE	Ribes hirtellum	tree	Food, Forg, Bev	I	gooseberry
SOLANACEAE	Capsicum frutescens	herb, subshrub	Food, Ritl, Spc, Med	N	bird pepper, habanero pepper, wild chili	chile del monte	maxik, ick, mash-ak
SOLANACEAE	Solanum tuberosum	cultivated plant	Food	I	potato, white potato, Irish potato
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
UNKNOWNS 15	UNKNOWNS 15	tree	Food, Bev		Honduras plum (august plum)
UNKNOWNS 26	Araceae > Colocasia esculenta? Xanthosoma sagittif	vine	Food, Med		coco yam
UNKNOWNS 27	UNKNOWNS 27	vine	Food, Med		wild coco yam
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

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)