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Plant List only for person: Ford, Anabel: 103 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

ZINGIBERACEAE	Zingiber officinale		Food	I	ginger, cooking ginger	jengibre
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
POACEAE/GRAMINAE	Saccharum officinarum	grass	Food	I	sugar cane	caña
UNKNOWNS 34	UNKNOWNS 34	grass	Forg		taiwan grass
POACEAE/GRAMINAE	Cymbopogon citratus	grass	Med, Bev	^	lemon grass	zacate de limon		fever grass
ZINGIBERACEAE	ZINGIBERACEAE 1	herb	Orn	U	pink ginger
ZINGIBERACEAE	Curcuma domestica	herb	Spc, Med	I	curry, turmeric, yellow ginger
ALLIACEAE	Allium schoenoprasum	herb	Spc, Food, Med	I	chives	cebollin
COMMELINACEAE	Rhoeo spathaceae/discolor	herb	Orn	U	boat lily, moses in the cradle	maguey morado
COMMELINACEAE	Tradescantia spathaceae	herb	Med, Orn, Pois, Prd, Dye	N	Moses in the boat	maguey sylvestre	chatsum
HELICONIACEAE	Heliconia sp.	herb		*
MARANTACEAE	Maranta arundinaceae	herb	Food, Med	I	arrowroot		yukia
MARANTACEAE	Calathea lutea	herb	Food, Med, Prd	N	waha leaf	hoja del sal, wah·	moxan, mu-shan	waha leaf
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
ARACEAE	Philodendron	herb		N
EUPHORBIACEAE	Acalypha arvensis	herb	Med	N	cancer herb, cat tail	hierba de cancer, cordiemiento
ASTERACEAE	Viguiera dentata	herb	Med, Food, Forg	N			tah
AMARANTHACEAE	Amaranthus caudatus	herb	Spc, Med, Food	N	amaranth, pigweed		kiltosh	pison calaloo
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
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Senna uniflora	herb	Med	I	pissabed flower	baraja	xtul?-bay·	piss-a-bed
ZINGIBERACEAE	ZINGIBERACEAE 2	herb	Orn	U	red ginger
VERBENACEAE	Priva lappulacea	herb	Med	N	cancer herb	pega-pega, hierba del cancer, masote, mosote, pega	tor‚-pim
CACTACEAE	Cactus spp.	herb	Orn	U	cactus
APIACEAE	Eryngium foetidum	herb	Food, Med, Spc	N	cilantro, kolentro	culantro, cimaron
BORAGINACEAE	Heliotropum angiospermum	herb	Med, Pois	N	scorpion tail	cola de alegran, rabamaco, rabamico, rabo mico	remax
ORCHIDACEAE	Encyclia cochleata	herb, epiphyte	Orn	N	black orchid
ARACEAE	Anthurium slechtendahlii	herb, epiphyte	Med	N	pheasant's tail	cola de faisan	tye-pÈ, xiv-tun-ich, xiv-yak-tun-ich
ORCHIDACEAE	Vanilla planifolia	herb, epiphyte	Spc, Med	N	vanilla	vainilla
ASTERACEAE	Neurolaena lobata	herb, shrub	Med, Prd	N	jackass bitters	trespuntas, mano de lagarto	kayabim, an-mank, k'an-mank
EUPHORBIACEAE	Ricinus communis	herb, shrub	Med, Prd, Orn, Fuel, Pois	I	castor bean, castor plant	higuerilla	xkoch
MALVACEAE	Sida glabra	herb, subshrub	Ritl, Med	N		malva	chichibe
EUPHORBIACEAE	Pyllanthus liebmannianus	herb, subshrub	Med	N	baby's tears	yerba de ojo	chin-chin-pol
LAMIACEAE	Hyptis suaveolens	herb, subshrub	Food, Pois, Med, Bev	N	oregano	orégano		jamaican spikenard
ARISTOLOCHIACEAE	Aristolochia maxima	liana	Food, Med	N	contribo, contribu, duck flower	guaco
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
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
CACTACEAE	Opuntia cochenillifera	shrub	Orn	N	cactus	nopal		scogeneel
NEW PLANT 10	NEW PLANT 10	shrub	forage		rabbit paw
UNKNOWNS 41	UNKNOWNS 41	shrub	Food		golden cassava
EUPHORBIACEAE	Croton sp.	shrub		U	croton		chichibe
THEOPHRASTACEAE	Tagetes erecta	shrub	Med, Orn	N	flower of death	flor de muerto	ixtupú	marigold
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
SOLANACEAE	Capsicum annuum	shrub	food	N	bell pepper	chile dulce
ASPHODELACEAE	Aloe vera	shrub	Med	I	aloe vera
SOLANACEAE	Solanum torvum	shrub	Food, Med	N	nightshade	susumba, hoja del plato	pach'l, p'al
UNKNOWNS 32	UNKNOWNS 32	shrub	Orn, Med		coral grass
RUBIACEAE	Psychotria pubescens	shrub	Med, Forg	U	life everlasting, everlasting leaf	hierba, anal hembra, siempre viva	anal-xiv, ix-anal	hog bush, wild skanan
AGAVACEAE	Sansevieria trifasciata	shrub	Med, Orn	I	snake plant, golden Hahnii			mother-in-law tongue
CAESALPINIACEAE	Caesalpinia pulcherrima	shrub or small tree	Med, Food	N	bird of paradise
APOCYNACEAE	Thevetia peruviana	shrub or tree, flowers bright yellow	Ritl, Med, Orn, Pois	N	good luck tree	palo de suerte
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
MALVACEAE	Sida acuta	shrub, subshrub	Med, Ritl, Fibr, Prd, Fumt	N	broomweed	escoba, escobilla, malva	chichibe, mes-be'l	wire weed
EUPHORBIACEAE	Cnidoscolus chayamansa	shrub, tree	Food, Med, Pois	N	chaya, tea		tza
MYRTACEAE	Psidium guajava	shrub, tree	Food, Med, Prd, Fuel, Tan, Bev	N	guava	guajava, guayaba	coloc, heliche, pata, pat, pa-taíh, piche, pichi,
BROMELIACEAE	Ananas comosus	shrub, tree	Food	I	pineapple	piÒa
ASTERACEAE	Chromolaena odorata	shrub, tree	Med	N	jack-in-the-bush		hatz, yaxhatz
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Gliricidia sepium	shrub, tree	Med, Cnst, Fuel, Pois, Orn, Forg, Food	N	madre cacao	madre cacao	hotz, sayab, zacyab, xak'ya'ab, kante
AGAVACEAE	Yucca guatemalensis	shrub, tree	Orn, Food, Med	N	yucca	pasqui
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
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
POLYGONACEAE	Coccoloba uvifera	shrub, tree	Food, Bev, Med, Fuel, Forg, Cnst, Tan, Prd	N	grape, sea grape	uva	niiche
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Bauhinia jenningsii	shrub, tree		N	cow tongue, snake plant	lengua de vaca		mother-in-law tongue
PIPERACEAE	Piper auritum	subshrub	Spc, Med, Prd, Food, Oil	N	bullhoof, cowfoot	obel, santa maria	xmacolan, shma-culan, tzulubtok, xobel
FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Mimosa pudica	subshrub	Med, Orn	N	sensitive plant, twelve o'clock plant, midnight pl	dormilona, dormidillo, dormillon, puta vieja	guara-k'ish, métz, shm?ts, xmuts
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
UNKNOWNS 46	UNKNOWNS 46	tree			lice tree
MELIACEAE	Guarea glabra	tree	Cnst, Med	N	wild orange, mahogany	cedrillo, cramante	b‚l-ba, bÛl-ba
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
MUSACEAE	Musa 4	tree	Food	I	apple banana, guineo manzana
CARICACEAE	Carica pubescens	tree	Food	I	mountain papaya
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
SAPINDACEAE	Talisia oliviformis	tree	Prd, Forg, Food	N	kinep	guaya	wayah, uayum	kinep
MYRTACEAE	Pimenta dioica	tree	Med, Food, Bev, Spc, Oil	N	allspice	pimienta, pimienta gorda, pimenta, pimenta gorda	naba-cuc
FAGACEAE	Quercus oleoides	tree	Cnst, Prd, Med, Resn	N	cedar, red cedar, spanish cedar	cedro, cedro rojo, cidra
MORACEAE	Brosimum alicastrum	tree	Food, Forg, Med, Cnst	N	breadnut, female ramon	capomo, copomo, macica, ramón, ramón blanco, ramón	masicaran, ox, ujushte
CARICACEAE	Carica papaya	tree	Med, Food, Prd, Bev, Pois	I	papaya, wild papaya, manbird papaya		put	papaw
RUTACEAE	Citrus sinensis var. Valencia	tree	Food, Bev	I	valencia orange
NEW PLANT 05	NEW PLANT 05	tree	food, posts		dragonfruit	pitaya	wob
MORACEAE	Pseudolmedia sp.	tree	Food, Forg , Med, Bev, Cnst	N	cherry		manax
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Desmodium adscendens	tree	Med	I	strongback	pega ropa, mosote		sticky sticky bur bur
ANACARDIACEAE	Mangifera indica	tree	Food, Med, Bev, Pois, Prd	I	mango
BORAGINACEAE	Cordia dodecandra	tree	Food, Prd, Cnst, Med	N		ciricote, siricote, zericote	chack opte
MORACEAE	Ficus maxima	tree	Med	N	fig, wild fig	higo
ANNONACEAE	Annona muricata	tree	Spc, Med, Food, Bev, Prd, Pois, Orn	N	sour sop, annona, durian	guan·bana	takob
BIGNONIACEAE	Parmetiera aculeata	tree	Food, Orn, Spc, Forg, Med	N	cow okra, wild okra	cuajilote	kat, k'at	cat
RUTACEAE	Citrus limon	tree	Food, Med	I	sour lime, lemon	limon
CECROPIACEAE	Cecropia peltata	tree	Med, Prd, Fumt, Food	N	trumpet tree	guarumo	a'kl, ixcoch, cho-otz
LAURACEAE	Persea americana	tree	Med, Food, Prd, Pois, Dye, Bev, Oil	N	avocado	aguacate, aguacote	on	butter-pear, pear
NEW PLANT 73	NEW PLANT73	tree					wamuch
ANNONACEAE	Annona cherimola	tree	Food	I	cherimoya, custard apple, chirimoya, chirimolla, a
CLUSIACEAE	Calophyllum brasiliense	tree	Cnst, Med, Ltx	I	santa maria	pito sico
COMBRETACEAE	Terminalia catappa	tree	Food, Med, Cnst, Prd, Oil, Pois, Tan	I	almond, almond tree	almendra
MUSACEAE	Musa hybr.	tree, her-baceous	Food	I	cultivated banana
UNKNOWNS 45	Cissampelos tropaeolifolia (MENISPERMACEAE)? (hoja	vine	med		pregant woman's herb	hoja de preniada, yerba de la preniada
UNKNOWNS 26	Araceae > Colocasia esculenta? Xanthosoma sagittif	vine	Food, Med		coco yam
CONVOLVULACEAE	Ipomoea batatas	vine	Food	N	sweet potato, cultivated yam	batatas, camote
PASSIFLORACEAE	Passiflora xiikzodz	vine	Med	N	bat wing, bat vine	hoja de murcielago
BASELLACEAE	Basella alba	vine	Food	I	spinach
CUCURBITACEAE	Momordica charantia	vine	Food, Med, Forg, Orn, Pois	I	balsam pear	sorosí		sorosee
PASSIFLORACEAE	Passiflora mayarum	vine	Food, Bev	N	wild passion fruit	granadillo
UNKNOWNS 42	Phaseolus lunatus?	vine	Forg		lima beans
CUCURBITACEAE	Melothria pendula	vine	Med, Forg	N	watermelon rat	melon de raton

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)