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Plant List: 436 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

MALVACEAE	Abelmoschus esculentus	shrub, cultivated	Food, Fibr	I	okra
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	Acacia glomerosa	tree	Cnst, Med, Tan, Prd	N	bastard prickly yellow, white tamarind	espino de san pedro, palo de zorro	pal'liro, salam	jim crow
EUPHORBIACEAE	Acalypha arvensis	herb	Med	N	cancer herb, cat tail	hierba de cancer, cordiemiento
ARECACEAE	Acoeloraphe wrightii	palm	Food, Med, Cnst, Prd	N	palmetto, Honduras pimienta	palma, prementa, primenta	casiste,chi-it, papta, taciste	hairy tom
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Acosmium panamense	tree	Med, Cnst	N	billy webb
ARECACEAE	Acrocomia aculeata	palm, spiny	Food, Med, Bev, Forg, Prd, Ritl, Oil	N	spiny royal palm, macaw palm		coyol, cocoyol, istuk, suppa	grugru palm
EUPHORBIACEAE	Adelia barbinervis	shrub, tree		N	limoncillo
POLYPODIOPHYTA: ADIANTACEAE	Adiantum tenerum	fern	Med	N	maidenhair fern, black stick	helecho, espuma, palo negro	ok-pick-ek-chi-chan, roc-che-cwan
AGAVACEAE	Agave angustifolia	shrub	Med, Bev	I	hennekin, agave, sisal, hequen
EUPHORBIACEAE	Alchornea latifolia	tree	cnst, dye			achiotillo
ALLIACEAE	Allium cepa	herb	Food	I	onion	cebolla
ALLIACEAE	Allium sativum	herb	Food, Med	I	garlic	ajo
ALLIACEAE	Allium schoenoprasum	herb	Spc, Food, Med	I	chives	cebollin
ARECACEAE	Alocasia macrorhiza	shrub	Orn, Med	U	elephant ear			creole gal
ASPHODELACEAE	Aloe vera	shrub	Med	I	aloe vera
UNKNOWNS 37	Alpinia zerumbet (Zingiberaceae)?	shrub	Orn		shell ginger
RUBIACEAE	Alseis yucatanensis	tree	Cnst	N	wild mammee, wild mamey	tabaquillo, mammee silvestre	cacao-che, ison, zon, haas'che, ts'om
SIMAROUBACEAE	Alvaradoa amorphoides	tree, shrub	Fw	N	mexican alvaradoa	cortircuero
EUPHORBIACEAE	Amanoa guianensis	shrub, tree	Prd	I	lemonario	limonario		swamp icaco
AMARANTHACEAE	Amaranthus caudatus	herb	Spc, Med, Food	N	amaranth, pigweed		kiltosh	pison calaloo
AMARANTHACEAE	Amaranthus dubius	herb	Spc, Med, Food	N	amaranth, pigweed		kiltosh	pison calaloo
ULMACEAE	Ampelocera hottlei	tree	Cnst	N	female bullhoof	manteca	luin
ANACARDIACEAE	Anacardium occidentale	tree	Food, Prd, Med, Pois, Cnst, Oil	n	cashew	maraÒon
BROMELIACEAE	Ananas comosus	shrub, tree	Food	I	pineapple	piÒa
ANNONACEAE	Annona cherimola	tree	Food	I	cherimoya, custard apple, chirimoya, chirimolla, a
ANNONACEAE	Annona muricata	tree	Spc, Med, Food, Bev, Prd, Pois, Orn	N	sour sop, annona, durian	guan·bana	takob
ANNONACEAE	Annona purpurea	tree	Food, Med, Fibr, Dye, Prd, Pois, Tan	N	cowsap	soncoya	tuki
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
ANNONACEAE	Annona squamosa	tree	Food	N	sweet sop	saramoyo
UNKNOWNS 1	Annona squamosa??	tree	Food		sugar apple
ARACEAE	Anthurium slechtendahlii	herb, epiphyte	Med	N	pheasant's tail	cola de faisan	tye-pÈ, xiv-tun-ich, xiv-yak-tun-ich
ACANTHACEAE	Aphelandra scabra	shrub	Med, Orn	N	indian head, red anal, red head indian	anal grande, cabeza de indio, pito	anal, anal-chae, chacanal
UNKNOWNS 26	Araceae > Colocasia esculenta? Xanthosoma sagittif	vine	Food, Med		coco yam
ARECACEAE	ARECACEAE 1	palm	Orn	U	palma del monte
ARECACEAE	ARECACEAE 2	palm	Orn	U	dwarf palm
ARECACEAE	ARECACEAE 3	shrub	Food, Bev, Orn	U	cocó, macal
ARECACEAE	ARECACEAE 4	palm		U	maya palm
ARISTOLOCHIACEAE	Aristolochia maxima	liana	Food, Med	N	contribo, contribu, duck flower	guaco
MORACEAE	Artocarpus camansi	tree	food	I	breadnut	castaña
MORACEAE	Artocarpus communis	tree	Food	I	breadfruit
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
APOCYNACEAE	Aspidosperma cruentum	tree	Cnst, Med, Prd	N	milady, my lady, red malady	malerio, chichique
APOCYNACEAE	Aspidosperma megalocarpon	tree	Cnst	N	mylady, white mylady	malerio, fustan de vieja, chiquique blanco, malady	peechmaax
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
MELIACEAE	Azadirachta indica	tree	Med	I	nim tree, nem tree, neem
FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Balizia leucocalyx	tree	Med, Cnst, Prd, Tan	N	wild tamarind	hesmo, jesmo
BASELLACEAE	Basella alba	vine	Food	I	spinach
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Bauhinia divaricata	shrub	Fibr, Med	N	cowfoot, cow hoof	pata de vaca	tsulubtok
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Bauhinia herrerae	vine	Med, Ritl, Cnst, Fibr	N	cowfoot		ki-bix, malo kibish
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Bauhinia jenningsii	shrub, tree		N	cow tongue, snake plant	lengua de vaca		mother-in-law tongue
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
NYCTAGINACEAE	Bouganvillia x buttiana	shrub	Orn	I	bougainvillia
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
CRUCIFERAE	Brassica nigra	herb	Spc	I	black mustard
BRASSICACEAE	Brassica oleracea var. capitata	herb	Food	I	cabbage (cultivated)
BROMELIACEAE	Bromelia pinguin	herb, terrestrial	Food, Prd, Bev, Fibr, Orn, Med	N	wild pineapple, wild pine	pinuela, pita-puerco	ix-tot
BROMELIACEAE	Bromelia spp.	herb		U
MORACEAE	Brosimum alicastrum	tree	Food, Forg, Med, Cnst	N	breadnut, female ramon	capomo, copomo, macica, ramón, ramón blanco, ramón	masicaran, ox, ujushte
MORACEAE	Brosimum guianense	tree	Cnst, Food	N	wild breadnut, bastard breadnut, mountain breadnut	cimarron, masico
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
CACTACEAE	Cactus spp.	herb	Orn	U	cactus
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Caesalpinia gaumeri	tree	Cnst, Med, Prd	N	axe master, bastard logwood, peccary wood	quebra hacha, rudo del monte	citinche	warree wood, warriewood
CAESALPINIACEAE	Caesalpinia pulcherrima	shrub or small tree	Med, Food	N	bird of paradise
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Caesalpinia pulcherrima	shrub, tree	Med, Orn, Pois, Forg, Tan, Dye, Food, Gum, Prd	N	flambeau flower	flor de la virgen	cansic	pride of barbados
MARANTACEAE	Calathea lutea	herb	Food, Med, Prd	N	waha leaf	hoja del sal, wah·	moxan, mu-shan	waha leaf
MARANTACEAE	Calathea spp.	herb	Food, Med	U	waha leaf			waha leaf
CLUSIACEAE	Calophyllum brasiliense	tree	Cnst, Med, Ltx	I	santa maria	pito sico
SOLANACEAE	Capsicum annuum	shrub	Spc	U	jalapeño
SOLANACEAE	Capsicum annuum	shrub	food	N	bell pepper	chile dulce
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
CARICACEAE	Carica pubescens	tree	Food	I	mountain papaya
CARICACEAE	Carica spp.	tree		I	hawaiian papaya
ARECACEAE	Caryota mitis	palm		I	fishtail palm
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Cassia grandis	tree	Med, Food, Bev, Orn, Fuel, Prd	N	stinky toe, stinking toe, beef-feed	carao	bookut, bukut, bokut
MORACEAE	Castilla elastica	tree	Ltx	N	wild rubber	castilloa rubber	hule, kiikche, kikiche, kukche, yaxha
APOCYNACEAE	Catharanthus roseus	herb	Orn	I	periwinkle
CECROPIACEAE	Cecropia peltata	tree	Med, Prd, Fumt, Food	N	trumpet tree	guarumo	a'kl, ixcoch, cho-otz
MELIACEAE	Cedrela odorata	tree	cnst		cedar
BOMBACACEAE	Ceiba pentandra	tree	Ritl, Prd, Food, Med, Fibr	N	cotton tree	ceiba	kapok, yaxchÈ, inup
ARECACEAE	Chamaeodora pinnatifrons	palm	Food, Prd, Pois	N	monkey-tail	pacaya	chib, chem-chem, xate, xal-a-cam
CHENOPODIACEAE	Chenopodium ambrosioides	herb, subshrub	Med, Food, Pois	N	mexican wormseed	apasote, epasote
ASTERACEAE	Chromolaena odorata	shrub, tree	Med	N	jack-in-the-bush		hatz, yaxhatz
SAPOTACEAE	Chrysophyllum cainito	tree	Food, Prd, Med, Ltx, Cnst, Bev	I	star apple	caimito, commito
SAPOTACEAE	Chrysophyllum mexicanum	shrub, tree	Med, Food, Ltx, Cnst, Forg	N	wild star apple	caimito	zikay·, chiceh	damsel
SAPOTACEAE	Chrysophyllum venezuelanense	tree	Food	U			sebul
UNKNOWNS 45	Cissampelos tropaeolifolia (MENISPERMACEAE)? (hoja	vine	med		pregant woman's herb	hoja de preniada, yerba de la preniada
CUCURBITACEAE	Citrullus lanatus	vine	Food	I	watermelon	sandia
RUTACEAE	Citrus aurantifolia	tree	Food, Med, Bev, Spc, Dye, Oil, Pois	I	sweet lime, lemon, lime
RUTACEAE	Citrus aurantium	tree	Med, Food, Spc, Fuel, Orn, Prd, Bev, Fibr, Oil	I	sour orange	naranja agria
RUTACEAE	Citrus limon	tree	Food, Med	I	sour lime, lemon	limon
RUTACEAE	Citrus paradise	tree	Food, Med	I	grapefruit	toronja
RUTACEAE	Citrus reticulata	tree	Food, Bev	I	mandarin, tangerine
RUTACEAE	Citrus sinensis	tree	Food, Med, Bev, Oil, Prd	I	washington orange, sweet orange	naranja dulce
RUTACEAE	Citrus sinensis var. Valencia	tree	Food, Bev	I	valencia orange
EUPHORBIACEAE	Cnidoscolus chayamansa	shrub, tree	Food, Med, Pois	N	chaya, tea		tza
POLYGONACEAE	Coccoloba uvifera	shrub, tree	Food, Bev, Med, Fuel, Forg, Cnst, Tan, Prd	N	grape, sea grape	uva	niiche
ARECACEAE	Cocos nucifera	palm	Food, Oil, Prd, Med, Bev, Fibr	U	coconut	coco, cocotera
RUBIACEAE	Coffea arabica	shrub, tree	Food, Bev, Med, Forg, Cnst	I	coffee	café
COMBRETACEAE	Combretum fruticosum	vine	Med, Prd	N	monkey brush, yello brush	chupa miel, sepillo amarillo		curassow comb, tietie
COMBRETACEAE	Conocarpus erecta	tree	Prd, Cnst, Tan, Med	N	buttonwood	botoncillo	kanche	button-bush
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
COSTACEAE	Costus pulverulentus	herb	Med, Forg, Food, Cnst	U	spiral ginger, wild ginger	caÍo de cristo, caÒa de cristo	ch'uun
CHRYSOBALANACEAE	Couepia polyandra	tree	Food, Med	N	baboon cup, baboon cap, monkey cap
BIGNONIACEAE	Crescentia cujete	tree	Med, Prd, Food, Bev, Ritl, Forg	N	calabash, savannah calabash, wild calabash, luch,	jicara	hom, huaz
AMARYLLIDACEAE	Crinum spp.	shrub	Orn	*	garden lily
ASTERACEAE	Critonia morifolia	herb, subshrub	Med, Pois	N		palo verde	xaac como che, yax-che, ya'x-como-che'	green stick
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Crotalaria cajanifolia	herb, shrub, small tree	Ritl, Spc, Food	N			tzib-che
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Crotalaria guatemalensis	shrub	Food, Orn	N			chipilin
EUPHORBIACEAE	Croton niveus	shrub, tree	Med, Spc, Bev, Fuel	N	uvitas
EUPHORBIACEAE	Croton sp.	shrub		U	croton		chichibe
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
SAPINDACEAE	Cupania belizensis	shrub, tree	Fuel, Med, Food, Prd, Cnst	N	grande betty, red copal	copal colorado, palo de carbon	chac pom
ZINGIBERACEAE	Curcuma domestica	herb	Spc, Med	I	curry, turmeric, yellow ginger
ANNONACEAE	Cymbopetalum mayanum	tree	Spc, Prd	N		candelero, guanabano, marta boni	muc
POACEAE/GRAMINAE	Cymbopogon citratus	grass	Med, Bev	^	lemon grass	zacate de limon		fever grass
POACEAE/GRAMINAE	Cymbopogon nardus	shrub	Med	U	citronella
COMPOSITAE	Cynara scolymus	cultivated plant	Food	I	artichoke
ARALIACEAE	Dendropanax arboreus	tree	Food, Prd, Orn, Forg, Fuel, Med	N	lion's hand, mountain blossom berries, potatowood,	mano de león	sac-chacah, tzíub
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Desmodium adscendens	tree	Med	I	strongback	pega ropa, mosote		sticky sticky bur bur
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
DIOSCOREACEAE	Dioscorea sp.	vine		*	wild yam
EBENACEAE	Diospyros blancoi	tree		I	velvet apple
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Diphysa carthaginensis	shrub, tree	Med, Prd, Cnst	N	rue, wild ruda, wild rue		susuck, tsutsuc	warrie wood
DRACAENACEAE	Dracaena americana	shrub	Orn	N	candle wood	isote, isote del monte	tuËt
ORCHIDACEAE	Encyclia cochleata	herb, epiphyte	Orn	N	black orchid
FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Enterolobium cyclocarpum	tree	Cnst, Food, Pois, Med, Forg, Gum	N	ear-tree	guanacaste, conocaste	pich, tubroos
BRASSICACEAE	Eruca vesicaria	herb	Food, Med	I	arugula
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
MYRTACEAE	Eugenia ibarrae	shrub, tree		N	chilon-che
MYRTACEAE	Eugenia jambos	tree	Food, Cnst	I	rose-apple
MYRTACEAE	Eugenia malaccensis	tree	Food	I	malay apple
MYRTACEAE	Eugenia uniflora	shrub, small tree	Food, Orn	I	suriname cherry	pitanga
EUPHORBIACEAE	Euphorbia pulcherrima	shrub	Med	N	wild poinsetta
MORACEAE	Ficus maxima	tree	Med	N	fig, wild fig	higo
MORACEAE	Ficus sp.	tree		U	(soft leaved)
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
ASCLEPIDACEAE	Gonolobus sp.	vine	Med, Food	N	vine of the dead	behuco de muerto
MALVACEAE	Gossypium hirsutum	shrub, cultivated	Med, Fibr	N	cotton, cotton tree, wild cotton	algodÛn	taman
MELIACEAE	Guarea glabra	tree	Cnst, Med	N	wild orange, mahogany	cedrillo, cramante	b‚l-ba, bÛl-ba
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
RUBIACEAE	Guettarda combsii	shrub, tree	Cnst, Med, Prd	N	glassy wood, glossy wood, green star, pine-ridge g	arepa, verde lucero	tastab, tas'tap, tas-tas
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Haematoxylon campechianum	tree, shrub	Med, Prd, Dye	N	logwood, dye wood	tinta, palo de tinte	ek
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
OLACACEAE	Heisteria media	shrub, tree		N	wild cinnamon, wild orange	copalche macho, nance cimarron	silion
HELICONIACEAE	Heliconia latispatha	herb	Med	N	platanillo
HELICONIACEAE	Heliconia psittacorum	Low, Red bracts and light yellow sepals	Orn	N	parakeet flower
HELICONIACEAE	Heliconia sp.	herb		*
HELICONIACEAE	Heliconia spp.	herb	Orn	U	heliconia, lobster claw
TILIACEAE	Heliocarpus americanus	tree	Fibr, Cnst	N	broadleaf moho, white moho	majao, cajete, jolol	chai
TILIACEAE	Heliocarpus mexicanus	tree	Fibr, Cnst	U	broadleaf hoho	cajete
BORAGINACEAE	Heliotropum angiospermum	herb	Med, Pois	N	scorpion tail	cola de alegran, rabamaco, rabamico, rabo mico	remax
MALVACEAE	Hibiscus sabdariffa	vine	Med, Bev	I	sorrell, red sorrel	jamaica, rosa de jamaica
MALVACEAE	Hibiscus spp.	herb, subshrub		N	hibiscus
CHRYSOBALANACEAE	Hirtella racemosa	shrub	Food	N	blossom berry, wild pigeon plum	grenada, palo de escoba, hoja de sapo	ch'ilimis, uyamche
LAMIACEAE	Hyptis suaveolens	herb, subshrub	Food, Pois, Med, Bev	N	oregano	orégano		jamaican spikenard
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
CONVOLVULACEAE	Ipomoea batatas	vine	Food	N	sweet potato, cultivated yam	batatas, camote
CONVOLVULACEAE	Ipomoea meyeri	vine	Med	N	wild carrot palm	camotillo
	Ipomoea purpurea	vine	orn	N	morning glory
BIGNONIACEAE	Jacaranda mimosifolia	tree		I		jacaranda
OLACACEAE	Jasminum officinale	herb	Orn	I	jasmine
EUPHORBIACEAE	Jatropha guameri	shrub, tree	Med, Prd	N	hazel nut, wild physic nut	piñon	chipche, pomolche
ASTERACEAE	Koanophyllon albicaule	shrub, tree	Med, Prd	N	black cordoncillo, black piper	cordoncillo negro	soscha, xolexnuc	old woman's walking stick
LYTHRACEAE	Lagerstroemia indica	shrub, med	Orn	I	jupiter, crepe myrtle	verbena
ASTERACEAE	Lasianthaea fruticosa	shrub or tree	Orn, Forg, Med, Ritl, Prd	N	margarita	margarita del monte	ish-ta, shti-pe, zta-ach
CHRYSOBALANACEAE	Licania platypus	tree	Food, Forg	N	monkey apple		succotz, sunco, urraco
VERBENACEAE	Lippia myriocephala	shrub, tree	Prd, Ritl, Med, Fumt, Cnst	U	maja rhacco	baston de vieja	sacuche, sa-ku-che, sa-ku-ch, sakuche
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Lonchocarpus castilloi	tree	Cnst, Med	N	black cabbage bark, cabbage bark		manchich
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Lonchocarpus minimiflorus	tree	Cnst, Med, Fuel, Forg	N	white cabbage bark	palo de guzano	manchich
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Lonchocarpus sp.	tree	Cnst, Fuel	N	cabbage bark, dogwood, turtle-bone
SOLANACEAE	Lycopersicon esculentum	vine	Food	N	tomato	tomate
SOLANACEAE	Lycopersicon esculentum var. cerasiforme	shrub	Food	N	cherry tomato
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
FABACEAE	Lysiloma acapulcense	tree			hesmo, wild tamarind	jesmo
FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Lysiloma auritum	tree	Med	N	bastard mahogany	tamborcillo, palo de sangre	tsu
FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Lysiloma latisiliquum	tree	Med, Prd, Fuel, Cnst	I	rain tree		tzalam, chalan, salam
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
ROSACEAE	Malus domestica	tree, cultivated	Food, Bev	I	apple	manzana
ANACARDIACEAE	Mangifera indica	tree	Food, Med, Bev, Pois, Prd	I	mango
ANACARDIACEAE	Mangifera indica 2	tree	food,	I	manila mango	mango manila
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
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
CUCURBITACEAE	Melothria pendula	vine	Med, Forg	N	watermelon rat	melon de raton
LAMIACEAE	Mentha piperita	herb	Spc, Bev	I	mint
UNKNOWNS 3	Mentha spicata	herb	Spc		spearmint	yerba buena
LAMIACEAE	Methax piperita	shrub	Spc, Bev	I	peppermint
ANACARDIACEAE	Metopium brownei	shrub or tree with irritating sap	Prd, Pois, Cnst, Med, Forg	N	black poison wood, Honduras walnut	chechem negro	chechem, che-chen	black ponwood
FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Mimosa hondurana	liana, vine	Pois	N	iguana leaf, tear coat, haulback, sensitive weed	linda hermosa
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
CUCURBITACEAE	Momordica charantia	vine	Food, Med, Forg, Orn, Pois	I	balsam pear	sorosí		sorosee
UNKNOWNS 44	Morinda citrifolia?	tree			noni
NEW PLANT 36	Moringa oleifera	tree	food, med			moringa
TILIACEAE	Mortoniodendron (guatemalense?)	tree		U
MUSACEAE	Musa 1	tree	Food, Prd	I	pelepita plantain
MUSACEAE	Musa 2	tree	Food	I	blogo banana
MUSACEAE	Musa 3	tree	Food	I	blue banano
MUSACEAE	Musa 4	tree	Food	I	apple banana, guineo manzana
MUSACEAE	Musa hybr.	tree, her-baceous	Food	I	cultivated banana
MUSACEAE	Musa paradisiaca	tree, her-baceous	Food, Med	I	plantain, banana	banana de marano, guineo, platano	box haas, haas
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Myroxylon balsamum	tree	Med, Prd, Fuel, Spc, Pois, Oil, Bev, Ritl	N	balsam, balsam seed	balsamo	na-ba	billy weed
LAURACEAE	Nectandra hihua	tree	Med, Cnst	N	laurel, sweet wood	laurel		wild pear
ASTERACEAE	Neurolaena lobata	herb, shrub	Med, Prd	N	jackass bitters	trespuntas, mano de lagarto	kayabim, an-mank, k'an-mank
NEW PLANT 01	NEW PLANT 01	shrub			pigeon bean
NEW PLANT 02	NEW PLANT 02	tree			sweet nance
NEW PLANT 03	NEW PLANT 03	shrub			agave
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 10	NEW PLANT 10	shrub	forage		rabbit paw
NEW PLANT 11	NEW PLANT 11	vine			Abba bean
NEW PLANT 12	NEW PLANT 12	tree				Boemia
NEW PLANT 13	NEW PLANT 13	tree			horse's eye
NEW PLANT 14	NEW PLANT 14	tree			sweet craboo
NEW PLANT 15	NEW PLANT 15	tree	food			none
NEW PLANT 16	NEW PLANT 16	vine			African yam, vine yam
NEW PLANT 17	NEW PLANT 17	vine	food		green beans
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 22	NEW PLANT 22	tree			pegaropa tree
NEW PLANT 23	NEW PLANT 23	vine				behuco de pimienta
NEW PLANT 24	NEW PLANT 24	tree				siquia, ciquiya
NEW PLANT 25	NEW PLANT 25	tree			bastard rosewood
NEW PLANT 26	NEW PLANT 26	tree					boho
NEW PLANT 27	NEW PLANT 27	tree					chalche
NEW PLANT 28	NEW PLANT 28	shrub				Chuchita (large)
NEW PLANT 29	NEW PLANT 29	shrub				Chuchita (small)
NEW PLANT 31	NEW PLANT 31	vine				espuma
NEW PLANT 32	NEW PLANT 32	grass	orn		screw pine
NEW PLANT 33	NEW PLANT 33	shrub			umbrella plant, papyrus
NEW PLANT 34	NEW PLANT 34	vine			wild lima bean
NEW PLANT 35	NEW PLANT 35	vine	food		black bean		xpelon, ixpelon
NEW PLANT 37	NEW PLANT 37				blackberry, blueberry?
NEW PLANT 38	NEW PLANT 38	shrub				lantana, cinco negritos
NEW PLANT 39	NEW PLANT 39	vine				lebiza
NEW PLANT 41	NEW PLANT 41	shrub				maravilla del monte
NEW PLANT 42	NEW PLANT 42	tree				palo de marimba	iximche'
NEW PLANT 43	NEW PLANT 43	tree				capuca
NEW PLANT 44	NEW PLANT 44
NEW PLANT 45	NEW PLANT 45	shrub			Lady of the night	hoja de la sucia	ixtabai plant
NEW PLANT 46	NEW PLANT 46	tree					chaltekok
NEW PLANT 47	NEW PLANT 47	vine	food		black bean		tsama
NEW PLANT 48	NEW PLANT 48	vine	food		black bean		bolokche'
NEW PLANT 49	NEW PLANT 49						camal
NEW PLANT 50	NEW PLANT 50						mopuch
NEW PLANT 51	NEW PLANT 51						guanaloa
NEW PLANT 52	NEW PLANT 52			I		manzana de agua
NEW PLANT 53	NEW PLANT 53	tree	cnst				tik
NEW PLANT 54	NEW PLANT 54	vine	med			yedra
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 58	NEW PLANT 58	vine					kebish
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 66	NEW PLANT 66	vine			hairy vine	behuco peludo
NEW PLANT 67	NEW PLANT 67	shrub			wild papyrus
NEW PLANT 68	NEW PLANT 68	fern			fern	salsa parilla
NEW PLANT 69	NEW PLANT 69	vine				pene de la sucia
NEW PLANT 70	NEW PLANT 70	tree				palo de chombo
NEW PLANT 71	NEW PLANT 71	tree					chunuk
NEW PLANT 72	NEW PLANT 72	tree				bledo blanco
NEW PLANT 73	NEW PLANT73	tree					wamuch
SOLANACEAE	Nicotiana tabacum	herb	Med, Prd, Fumt, Pois	I	tobacco
BOMBACACEAE	Ochroma pyramidale	tree	Fibr	N	balsa	lanilla	polak, puh
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
CACTACEAE	Opuntia cochenillifera	shrub	Orn	N	cactus	nopal		scogeneel
ARALIACEAE	Oreopanax obtusifolius	tree, often epiphytic		N	matapalo		chunup
GRAMINEAE	Oryza sativa	grass, cultivated	Food, Bev	I	rice	arroz
ORCHIDACEAE	Other orchid spp.	herb, epiphyte		N	ground orchid, wax orchid, cinnamon orchid
BOMBACACEAE	Pachira aquatica	tree	Med, Food, Cnst, Dye	N	provision bark, provision tree	santo domingo, sapote bobo, zapote bobo, zapoton	uacut
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
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
PHYTOLACCACEAE	Petiveria alliaceae	herb	Med, Ritl	N	skunkweed, guinea-hen plant, skunk root	zorillo
UNKNOWNS 42	Phaseolus lunatus?	vine	Forg		lima beans
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Phaseolus vulgaris	vine	Food	N	beans, frijoles
ARACEAE	Philodendron	herb		N
SOLANACEAE	Physalis sp.	herb	food		tomatillo, husk tomato, jamberry, ground cherry	Tomate de cascara, tomate de fresadilla, tomate mi
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
PIPERACEAE	Piper auritum	subshrub	Spc, Med, Prd, Food, Oil	N	bullhoof, cowfoot	obel, santa maria	xmacolan, shma-culan, tzulubtok, xobel
PIPERACEAE	Piper jacquemontianum	shrub, tree		U	spanish elder	cordoncillo
PIPERACEAE	Piper marginatum	herb		N	spanish elder	cordoncillo
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Piscidia piscipula	tree, shrub	Med, Prd, Cnst, Fuel, Pois	N	dogwood, white wormwood, may bush	habim, jabin, palo de gusano	tiaxib
NYCTAGINACEAE	Pisonia proctorii	liana, endemic	Med	E	tiger nail	uña de gato
FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Pithecellobium arboreum	tree	Orn, Cnst	N	barba jolote
APOCYNACEAE	Plumeria rubra	tree	Orn	N	mayflower, spanish jasmine	flor de mayo, zopilote		frangi pangi
PINOPHYTA: PODOCARPACEAE	Podocarpus guatemalensis	tree	Cnst	N	cypress, mountain cypress	cypress de montana
PORTULACACEAE	Portulaca oleracea	herb, fleshy	Food, Med, Forg	U	purslane	berdolaga, verdo laga
PORTULACACEAE	Portulaca pilosa	herb, fleshy	Orn, Pois, Prd	N		mañanitas	tsayoch
SAPOTACEAE	Pouteria campechiana	tree	Food, Prd, Med, Forg, Ltx	N	mammee cirila	sapotillo rojo	canistel, canizté, zac-xa-nal
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
VERBENACEAE	Priva lappulacea	herb	Med	N	cancer herb	pega-pega, hierba del cancer, masote, mosote, pega	tor‚-pim
UNKNOWNS 30	Protea nitida?	tree	Prd		wagon tree	palo de carreta, limoncillo	xok-mal
BURSERACEAE	Protium copal	tree	Resn, Ritl, Med, Pois, Orn, Prd	N	copal		copal che, pom, pomte
MORACEAE	Pseudolmedia sp.	tree	Food, Forg , Med, Bev, Cnst	N	cherry		manax
MYRTACEAE	Psidium guajava	shrub, tree	Food, Med, Prd, Fuel, Tan, Bev	N	guava	guajava, guayaba	coloc, heliche, pata, pat, pa-taíh, piche, pichi,
UNKNOWNS 25	Psilocybe spp.?	fungus	Food, Med		mushroom-various
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
PUNIACEAE	Punica granatum	tree	Food, Dye	I	granada, pomegranate	granadillo
EUPHORBIACEAE	Pyllanthus liebmannianus	herb, subshrub	Med	N	baby's tears	yerba de ojo	chin-chin-pol
BOMBACACEAE	Quararibea funebris	tree	Ritl, Spc	N		batidor
FAGACEAE	Quercus oleoides	tree	Cnst, Prd, Med, Resn	N	cedar, red cedar, spanish cedar	cedro, cedro rojo, cidra
COMMELINACEAE	Rhoeo spathaceae/discolor	herb	Orn	U	boat lily, moses in the cradle	maguey morado
SAXIFRAGACEAE	Ribes hirtellum	tree	Food, Forg, Bev	I	gooseberry
EUPHORBIACEAE	Ricinus communis	herb, shrub	Med, Prd, Orn, Fuel, Pois	I	castor bean, castor plant	higuerilla	xkoch
PHYTOLACCACEAE	Rivina humilis	herb	Med	N		coqueta, coralillo, herba mora, tomatillo	cusuc·n
ANNONACEAE	Rollinia mucosa	shrub, tree		n	biriba
ROSACEAE	Rosa spp.	shrub	Orn	I	rose	rosa
ARECACEAE	Roystonea regia	palm	Orn, Cnst, Forg	N	royal palm	palma real
RUTACEAE	RUTACEAE 1	tree	Food, Bev	U	earlyss orange (earlin)			earlyss orange (earlin)
RUTACEAE	RUTACEAE 2	tree	Bev, Med	U	jamaican lime			jamaican lime
RUTACEAE	RUTACEAE 3	tree	Food	U	citronja
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
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
POACEAE/GRAMINAE	Sasa palmata	bamboo		U	small bamboo
AMARYLLIDACEAE	Scadoxus multiflorus	herb	Orn	I	fireball lily
ANACARDIACEAE	Sebastiana tuerckheimiana	tree		N	poisonwood, white poisonwood	chechem blanco, reventadillo
CUCURBITACEAE	Sechium edule	vine	Food, Med, spc, Prd, Pois	U	chocho	chayote	chu-um, huisquil
POLYGALACEAE	Securidaca sylvestris	liana	Orn, Pois, Med	U	man vine	behuco de hombre, behuco verde, ginuello	c'halam-pim
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Senna uniflora	herb	Med	I	pissabed flower	baraja	xtul?-bay·	piss-a-bed
MALVACEAE	Sida acuta	shrub, subshrub	Med, Ritl, Fibr, Prd, Fumt	N	broomweed	escoba, escobilla, malva	chichibe, mes-be'l	wire weed
MALVACEAE	Sida glabra	herb, subshrub	Ritl, Med	N		malva	chichibe
SIMAROUBACEAE	Simarouba glauca	tree	Med, Cnst	N	dysentry bark	aceituno, negrito	pa sac, xpazakil
RUBIACEAE	Simira salvadorensis	tree	Prd, Cnst, Fuel	N	red-wood, high ridge redwood	palo colorado, puntero	sac te m'ooch	john crow redwood
SOLANACEAE	Solanum erianthum	small tree	Prd, Med, Pois	U	white stick	palo blanco, allay muy, male pito sico
SOLANACEAE	Solanum torvum	shrub	Food, Med	N	nightshade	susumba, hoja del plato	pach'l, p'al
SOLANACEAE	Solanum tuberosum	cultivated plant	Food	I	potato, white potato, Irish potato
BIGNONIACEAE	Spathodea campanulata	shrub	Orn	I	african tulip tree, fire tree, flame of the forest
ANACARDIACEAE	Spondias ?	tree	Bev, Food	*		jobo-tuspana
ANACARDIACEAE	Spondias cytherea	tree	Food, Med	I	golden plum
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
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
APOCYNACEAE	Stemmadenia donnell-smithii	shrub, tree	Med, Prd, Pois	N	horse tone, horse's balls	cojotón, cojón de caballo, Huevo de caballo, chakl
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 guayacan	tree	Cnst, Forg, Prd	N	yellow mayflower	amapa, san juan, cortéz	hahauche
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
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	Tectona grandis	tree	Cnst	I	teak
COMBRETACEAE	Terminalia amazonia	tree with large butresses	Cnst, Prd	N	nargosta, pine ridge bully tree	guayabo	canxun
COMBRETACEAE	Terminalia catappa	tree	Food, Med, Cnst, Prd, Oil, Pois, Tan	I	almond, almond tree	almendra
DILLENIACEAE	Tetracera volubilis	orn			sarah coat	lava platos, lebica, lengua de danto	sa-hab
STERCULIACEAE	Theobroma cacao	tree, cultivated	Food, Bev, Spc, Oil, Prd	n	cacao, chocolate tree
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
APOCYNACEAE	Thevetia peruviana	shrub or tree, flowers bright yellow	Ritl, Med, Orn, Pois	N	good luck tree	palo de suerte
SAPINDACEAE	Thouinia paucidentata	tree	Med, Cnst, Forg	N			dzol
COMMELINACEAE	Tradescantia spathaceae	herb	Med, Orn, Pois, Prd, Dye	N	Moses in the boat	maguey sylvestre	chatsum
COMMELINACEAE	Tradescantia zebrina	herb	Orn	N	club moss, moses in the cradle
ULMACEAE	Trema micrantha	shrub	Cnst, Food, Forg, Fibr, Fuel	N	bastard bay cedar, white capulin, wild bay cedar	mahua blanca	capuleen, capulin, chapulin
MELIACEAE	Trichilia havanensis	tree, shrub	Med, Pois, Prd, Cnst, Oil, Ritl	N	spoon tree, bastard lime	limoncillo, palo de cuchara	cot
MELIACEAE	Trichilia hirta	shrub, tree	Cnst, Med, Prd, Pois, Oil	N	red cedar	palo de son, sombra de carneiro		son
TILIACEAE	Trichospermum grewiifolium	tree	Cnst, Fibr, Prd	N	balsa wood, narrowleaf moho, moho	lagroso, macapal	capulin, chai, cha-hib, mahaua, makapal
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
TURNERACEAE	Turnera ulmifolia	subshrub, shrub	Med, Orn	I	jamaican flower, wild damiana	ciril, clandioso, clavo de cristo, clavo de ora
ARECACEAE	Unknown	palm		U
UNKNOWNS 10	UNKNOWNS 10	flower	Orn			chula
UNKNOWNS 11	UNKNOWNS 11	herb	Orn		zenia
UNKNOWNS 12	UNKNOWNS 12	tree	Orn			baston del rey
UNKNOWNS 13	UNKNOWNS 13	shrub				hoja fina
UNKNOWNS 14	UNKNOWNS 14	tree	Fuel		skunk tree, wild rue	ruda de monte	priquiyala
UNKNOWNS 15	UNKNOWNS 15	tree	Food, Bev		Honduras plum (august plum)
UNKNOWNS 17	UNKNOWNS 17	tree	Cnst		purple heart
UNKNOWNS 18	UNKNOWNS 18						tempishte
UNKNOWNS 19	UNKNOWNS 19	tree	Cnst, firewood			naranjillo
UNKNOWNS 20	UNKNOWNS 20	shrub	Food				sinkinche
UNKNOWNS 22	UNKNOWNS 22	vine	Food		flying potato
UNKNOWNS 23	UNKNOWNS 23	vine	Orn			velo de novia
UNKNOWNS 27	UNKNOWNS 27	vine	Food, Med		wild coco yam
UNKNOWNS 28	UNKNOWNS 28	tree	Med, Cnst		black wormwood	jabin negro
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 33	UNKNOWNS 33	tree				pata de mino
UNKNOWNS 34	UNKNOWNS 34	grass	Forg		taiwan grass
UNKNOWNS 35	UNKNOWNS 35	grass	Forg		lucina
UNKNOWNS 36	UNKNOWNS 36	shrub	Food		yampa
UNKNOWNS 38	UNKNOWNS 38	vine	Forg		deer plant
UNKNOWNS 39	UNKNOWNS 39	shrub	Food			guamuch
UNKNOWNS 4	UNKNOWNS 4	shrub	Med		skunk root
UNKNOWNS 41	UNKNOWNS 41	shrub	Food		golden cassava
UNKNOWNS 46	UNKNOWNS 46	tree			lice tree
UNKNOWNS 5	UNKNOWNS 5	tree			beech bark
UNKNOWNS 6	UNKNOWNS 6	vine	Med			behuco de sangre
UNKNOWNS 7	UNKNOWNS 7	tree	Cnst		tapir ribs	palo de danto, costilla de danto
UNKNOWNS 8	UNKNOWNS 8	tree	Cnst				pi
URTICACEAE	Urera baccifera	shrub	Med, Prd	N	cow-itch	ortiga	laal
ORCHIDACEAE	Vanilla planifolia	herb, epiphyte	Spc, Med	N	vanilla	vainilla
LAURACEAE	Various genera and species				laurel	aguacatillo, laurel, laurel hembra	sununteí
ARECACEAE	Veitchia merrillii	palm		I	manilla palm
ASTERACEAE	Viguiera dentata	herb	Med, Food, Forg	N			tah
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
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
ASTERACEAE	Wedelia acapulcensis	herb	Med	N		orosus
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
ZINGIBERACEAE	Zingiber officinale		Food	I	ginger, cooking ginger	jengibre
ZINGIBERACEAE	ZINGIBERACEAE 1	herb	Orn	U	pink ginger
ZINGIBERACEAE	ZINGIBERACEAE 2	herb	Orn	U	red ginger
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)