Forest Garden Database

Plant List: 370 entries, updated 2008-06-24 01:05:05 GMT

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Family	Scientific name	Habitat	Uses	Local Name
				English	Spanish	Mayan	Creole
MALVACEAE	Abelmoschus esculentus	shrub, cultivated	Food, Fibr	okra
FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Acacia cornigera	shrub, tree	Med, Food	bullhorn acacia, ant thorn	pico de gurrion, cuerno de vaca	liscanal, zubin, huascanal	black cockspur
FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Acacia glomerosa	tree	Cnst, Med, Tan, Prd	bastard prickly yellow, white tamarind	espino de san pedro, palo de zorro	pal'liro, salam	jim crow
EUPHORBIACEAE	Acalypha arvensis	herb	Med	cancer herb, cat tail	hierba de cancer, cordiemiento
ARECACEAE	Acoeloraphe wrightii	palm	Food, Med, Cnst, Prd	palmetto, Honduras pimienta	palma, prementa, primenta	casiste,chi-it, papta, taciste	hairy tom
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Acosmium panamense	tree	Med, Cnst	billy webb
ARECACEAE	Acrocomia aculeata	palm, spiny	Food, Med, Bev, Forg, Prd, Ritl, Oil	spiny royal palm, macaw palm		coyol, cocoyol, istuk, suppa	grugru palm
EUPHORBIACEAE	Adelia barbinervis	shrub, tree		limoncillo
POLYPODIOPHYTA: ADIANTACEAE	Adiantum tenerum	fern	Med	maidenhair fern, black stick	helecho, espuma, palo negro	ok-pick-ek-chi-chan, roc-che-cwan
AGAVACEAE	Agave angustifolia	herb	Med, Bev	hennekin, agave, sisal, hequen
ALLIACEAE	Allium cepa	herb	Food	onion	cebolla
ALLIACEAE	Allium sativum	herb	Food, Med	garlic	ajo
ALLIACEAE	Allium schoenoprasum	herb	Spc, Food, Med	chives	cebollin
ARECACEAE	Alocasia macrorhiza	shrub	Orn, Med				creole gal
ASPHODELACEAE	Aloe vera	shrub	Med	aloe vera
UNKNOWNS 37	Alpinia zerumbet (Zingiberaceae)?	shrub	Orn	shell ginger
RUBIACEAE	Alseis yucatenensis	tree	Cnst	wild mammee, wild mamey	tabaquillo, mammee silvestre	cacao-che, ison, zon, haas'che
SIMAROUBACEAE	Alvaradoa amorphoides	tree, shrub	Fw	mexican alvaradoa	cortircuero
EUPHORBIACEAE	Amanoa guianensis	shrub, tree	Prd	lemonario	limonario		swamp icaco
AMARANTHACEAE	Amaranthus caudatus	herb	Spc, Med, Food	amaranth, pigweed		kiltosh	pison calaloo
AMARANTHACEAE	Amaranthus dubius	herb	Spc, Med, Food	amaranth, pigweed		kiltosh	pison calaloo
ULMACEAE	Ampelocera hottlei	tree	Cnst	female bullhoof	manteca	luin
ANACARDIACEAE	Anacardium occidentale	tree	Food, Prd, Med, Pois, Cnst, Oil	cashew	maraÒon
BROMELIACEAE	Ananas comosus	shrub, tree	Food	pineapple	piÒa
ANNONACEAE	Annona cherimola	tree	Food	cherimoya, custard apple, chirimoya, chirimolla
ANNONACEAE	Annona muricata	tree	Spc, Med, Food, Bev, Prd, Pois, Orn	sour sop, annona, durian	guan·bana	takob
ANNONACEAE	Annona purpurea	tree	Food, Med, Fibr, Dye, Prd, Pois, Tan	cowsap	soncoya	tuki
ANNONACEAE	Annona reticulata	tree	Med, Prd, Cnst, Fibr, Food, Dye, Pois, Tan	custard apple, annona, wild custard apple	anona blanca, annona colorado, annona del monte	oop, tsulipox
ANNONACEAE	Annona squamosa	tree	Food	sweet sop
UNKNOWNS 1	Annona squamosa??	tree	Food	sugar apple
ARACEAE	Anthurium slechtendahlii	herb, epiphyte	Med	pheasant's tail	cola de faisan	tye-pÈ, xiv-tun-ich, xiv-yak-tun-ich
ACANTHACEAE	Aphelandra scabra	shrub	Med, Orn	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	palma del monte
ARECACEAE	ARECACEAE 2	palm	Orn	dwarf palm
ARECACEAE	ARECACEAE 3	shrub	Food, Bev, Orn	cocó, macal
ARECACEAE	ARECACEAE 4	palm		maya palm
ARISTOLOCHIACEAE	Aristolochia maxima	liana	Food, Med	contribo, duck flower	guaco
MORACEAE	Artocarpus communis	tree	Food	breadfruit
ASCLEPIDACEAE	Asclepia curassavica	herb	Med, Pois	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	milady, my lady, red malady	malerio, chichique
APOCYNACEAE	Aspidosperma megalocarpon	tree	Cnst	mylady, white mylady	malerio, fustan de vieja, chiquique blanco, malady	peechmaax
ARECACEAE	Astrocaryum mexicanum	palm, spiny	Food, Cnst, Prd	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	glassy wood	jobillo, palo mulato	kulimche
ARECACEAE	Attalea cohune	palm	Med, Food, Oil, Fuel, Bev, Cnst, Prd	cohune	corozo	tutz, manaca	cocando boy, chunciey
MELIACEAE	Azadirachta indica	tree	Med	nim tree, nem tree, neem
FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Balizia leucocalyx	tree	Med, Cnst, Prd, Tan	wild tamarind	hesmo, jesmo
BASELLACEAE	Basella alba	vine	Food	spinach
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Bauhinia divaricata	shrub	Fibr, Med	cowfoot, cow hoof	pata de vaca	tsulubtok
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Bauhinia herrerae	vine	Med, Ritl, Cnst, Fibr	cowfoot		ki-bix
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Bauhinia jenningsii	shrub, tree		cow tongue, snake plant	lengua de vaca		mother-in-law tongue
BIXACEAE	Bixa orellana	tree	Food, Med, Prd, Orn, Dye, Fibr, Fuel, Med, Spc	annatto, annatto, annmatto, atta, ricatta	achote, achiote	cu-shÈb, kuxub, shi-yaÈ, xayan
NYCTAGINACEAE	Bouganvillia x buttiana	shrub	Orn	bougainvillia
BORAGINACEAE	Bourreria oxyphylla	tree	Food, Prd, Med	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	black mustard
BRASSICACEAE	Brassica oleracea var. capitata	herb	Food	cabbage (cultivated)
BROMELIACEAE	Bromelia pinguin	herb, terrestrial	Food, Prd, Bev, Fibr, Orn, Med	wild pineapple, wild pine	pinuela, pita-puerco	ix-tot
BROMELIACEAE	Bromelia spp.	herb
MORACEAE	Brosimum alicastrum	tree	Food, Forg, Med, Cnst	breadnut, female ramon	capomo, copomo, macica, ramón, ramón blanco, ram	masicaran, ox, ujushte
MORACEAE	Brosimum guianense	tree	Cnst, Food	wild breadnut, bastard breadnut, mountain breadnut	cimarron, masico
COMBRETACEAE	Bucida buceras	tree	Prd, Tan, Med, Cnst	bullet tree	cacho de toro	pucte, puk-te	bully tree
BURSERACEAE	Bursera simaruba	tree	Med, Bev, Csnt, Prd, Fuel, Ritl, Orn, Pois	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	craboo, sour craboo, wild craboo	nance, nanci, nonce,	ch·, chÌ, sacpan, zacpan	craboo, crabu, crapoo, grabon
CACTACEAE	Cactus spp.	herb	Orn	cactus
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Caesalpinia gaumeri	tree	Cnst, Med, Prd	axe master, bastard logwood, peccary wood	quebra hacha, rudo del monte	citinche	warree wood, warriewood
CAESALPINIACEAE	Caesalpinia pulcherrima	shrub or small tree	Med, Food	bird of paradise
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Caesalpinia pulcherrima	shrub, tree	Med, Orn, Pois, Forg, Tan, Dye, Food, Gum, Prd	flambeau flower	flor de la virgen	cansic	pride of barbados
MARANTACEAE	Calathea lutea	herb	Food, Med, Prd	waha leaf	hoja del sal, wah·	moxan, mu-shan	waha leaf
MARANTACEAE	Calathea spp.	herb	Food, Med	waha leaf			waha leaf
CLUSIACEAE	Calophyllum brasiliense	tree	Cnst, Med, Ltx	santa maria	pito sico
SCROPHULARIACEAE	Capraria biflora	herb	Med, Pois	pasmo
SOLANACEAE	Capsicum ?	shrub	Spc	jalapeño
SOLANACEAE	Capsicum chinense	herb	Spc	jabanero pepper, wild chili	chile, chile del monte
SOLANACEAE	Capsicum frutescens	herb, subshrub	Food, Ritl, Spc, Med	bird pepper, habanero pepper, wild chili	chile del monte	maxik, ick, mash-ak
CARICACEAE	Carica papaya	tree	Med, Food, Prd, Bev, Pois	papaya, wild papaya, manbird papaya		put	papaw
CARICACEAE	Carica pubescens	tree	Food	mountain papaya
CARICACEAE	Carica spp.	tree		hawaiian papaya
ARECACEAE	Caryota mitis	palm		fishtail palm
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Cassia grandis	tree	Med, Food, Bev, Orn, Fuel, Prd	stinky toe, stinking toe, beef-feed	carao	bookut, bu-kÈt, bu-kut, bu-k?t
MORACEAE	Castilla elastica	tree	Ltx	wild rubber	castilloa rubber	hule, kiikche, kikiche, kukche, yaxha
APOCYNACEAE	Catharanthus roseus	herb	Orn	periwinkle
CECROPIACEAE	Cecropia peltata	tree	Med, Prd, Fumt, Food	trumpet tree	guarumo	a'kl, ixcoch, cho-otz
BOMBACACEAE	Ceiba pentandra	tree	Ritl, Prd, Food, Med, Fibr	cotton tree	ceiba	kapok, yaxchÈ, inup
ARECACEAE	Chamaeodora pinnatifrons	palm	Food, Prd, Pois	monkey-tail	pacaya	chib, chem-chem, xate, xal-a-cam
CHENOPODIACEAE	Chenopodium ambrosioides	herb, subshrub	Med, Food, Pois	mexican wormseed	apasote, epasote
ASTERACEAE	Chromolaena odorata	shrub, tree	Med	jack-in-the-bush		hatz, yaxhatz
SAPOTACEAE	Chrysophyllum cainito	tree	Food, Prd, Med, Ltx, Cnst, Bev	star apple	caimito, commito
SAPOTACEAE	Chrysophyllum mexicanum	shrub, tree	Med, Food, Ltx, Cnst, Forg	wild star apple	caimito	zikay·, chiceh	damsel
SAPOTACEAE	Chrysophyllum venezuelanense	tree	Food			sebul
UNKNOWNS 45	Cissampelos tropaeolifolia (MENISPERMACEAE)? (hoja	vine			hoja de preniado
CUCURBITACEAE	Citrullus lanatus	vine	Food	watermelon	sandia
RUTACEAE	Citrus aurantifolia	tree	Food, Med, Bev, Spc, Dye, Oil, Pois	sweet lime, lemon, lime
RUTACEAE	Citrus aurantium	tree	Med, Food, Spc, Fuel, Orn, Prd, Bev, Fibr, Oil	sour orange	naranja agria
RUTACEAE	Citrus limon	tree	Food, Med	sour lime, lemon	limon
RUTACEAE	Citrus paradise	tree	Food, Med	grapefruit	toronja
RUTACEAE	Citrus reticulata	tree	Food, Bev	mandarin, tangerine
RUTACEAE	Citrus sinensis	tree	Food, Med, Bev, Oil, Prd	washington orange, sweet orange	naranja dulce
RUTACEAE	Citrus sinensis var. Valencia	tree	Food, Bev	valencia orange
EUPHORBIACEAE	Cnidoscolus chayamansa	shrub, tree	Food, Med, Pois	chaya, tea		tza
POLYGONACEAE	Coccoloba uvifera	shrub, tree	Food, Bev, Med, Fuel, Forg, Cnst, Tan, Prd	grape, sea grape	uva	niiche
ARECACEAE	Cocos nucifera	palm	Food, Oil, Prd, Med, Bev, Fibr	coconut	coco, cocotera
RUBIACEAE	Coffea arabica	shrub, tree	Food, Bev, Med, Forg, Cnst	coffee	café
COMBRETACEAE	Combretum fruticosum	vine	Med, Prd	monkey brush, yello brush	chupa miel, sepillo amarillo		curassow comb, tietie
COMBRETACEAE	Conocarpus erecta	tree	Prd, Cnst, Tan, Med	buttonwood, white mangrove	botoncillo	kanche	button-bush
BORAGINACEAE	Cordia (gerescanthus?)	tree	Prd		laurel negro, barillo	bohom, bojunche
BORAGINACEAE	Cordia bicolor	tree			sombra de ternero
BORAGINACEAE	Cordia dodecandra	tree	Food, Prd, Cnst, Med		ciricote, siricote, zericote	chack opte
COSTACEAE	Costus pulverulentus	herb	Med, Forg, Food, Cnst	spiral ginger, wild ginger	caÍo de cristo, caÒa de cristo	ch'uun
CHRYSOBALANACEAE	Couepia polyandra	tree	Food, Med	baboon cup, baboon cap, monkey cap
BIGNONIACEAE	Crescentia cujete	tree	Med, Prd, Food, Bev, Ritl, Forg	calabash, savannah calabash, wild calabash, luch,	jicara	hom, huaz
AMARYLLIDACEAE	Crinum spp.	shrub	Orn	garden lily
ASTERACEAE	Critonia morifolia	herb, subshrub	Med, Pois		palo verde	xaac como che, yax-che, ya'x-como-che'	green stick
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Crotalaria cajanifolia	herb, shrub, small tree	Ritl, Spc, Food			tzib-che
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Crotalaria guatemalensis	shrub	Food, Orn			chipilin
EUPHORBIACEAE	Croton niveus	shrub, tree	Med, Spc, Bev, Fuel	uvitas
EUPHORBIACEAE	Croton sp.	shrub		croton		chichibe
ARECACEAE	Crysophila stauracantha	palm, spiny	Cnst, Med, Prd	silver thatch	escoba	kuun, akuum, mis	give-and-take
CUCURBITACEAE	Cucurbita pepo	cultivated vine	Food	squash, pumpkin	ayote
SAPINDACEAE	Cupania belizensis	shrub, tree	Fuel, Med, Food, Prd, Cnst	grande betty, red copal	copal colorado, palo de carbon	chac pom
ZINGIBERACEAE	Curcuma domestica	herb	Spc, Med	curry, turmeric, yellow ginger
ANNONACEAE	Cymbopetalum mayanum	tree	Spc, Prd		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	citronella
COMPOSITAE	Cynara scolymus	cultivated plant	Food	artichoke
THEOPHRASTACEAE	Deherainia smaragdina	shrub	Med, Orn	flower of death	flor de muerto	ixtupú	marigold
ARALIACEAE	Dendropanax arboreus	tree	Food, Prd, Orn, Forg, Fuel, Med	lion's hand, mountain blossom berries, potatowood,	mano de león	sac-chacah, tzíub
FABACEAE: Caesalpinioideae	Desmodium adscendens	tree	Med	strongback	pega ropa, mosote		sticky sticky bur bur
ARECACEAE	Desmoncus orthacanthos	palm, spiny, climbing	Food, Pois, Fibr	basket tie-tie, basket to tie, basket whist, baske	ballal	bayal, bayl	cocoboy, coconoboy
DIOSCOREACEAE	Dioscorea bartlettii	vine	Food, Med, Dye, Pois	red china root, white cocolmecca, wild yam	cocolmeca blanca, cocolmeca blanco, ogaje	ya-ya-chi
DIOSCOREACEAE	Dioscorea sp.	vine		wild yam
EBENACEAE	Diospyros blancoi	tree		velvet apple
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Diphysa carthaginensis	shrub, tree	Med, Prd, Cnst	rue, wild ruda, wild rue		susuck, tsutsuc	warrie wood
DRACAENACEAE	Dracaena americana	shrub	Orn	candle wood	isote del monte	tuËt
ORCHIDACEAE	Encyclia cochleata	herb, epiphyte	Orn	black orchid
FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Enterolobium cyclocarpum	tree	Cnst, Food, Pois, Med, Forg, Gum	ear-tree	guanacaste	pich, tubroos
BRASSICACEAE	Eruca vesicaria	herb	Food, Med	arugula
APIACEAE	Eryngium foetidum	herb	Food, Med, Spc	cilantro, kolentro	culantro, cimaron
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Erythrina folkersii	tree	Med, Prd, Food, Prn, Pois	coral tree, tiger tree	pito		john crow bead
MYRTACEAE	Eugenia ibarrae	shrub, tree		chilon-che
MYRTACEAE	Eugenia jambos	tree	Food, Cnst	rose-apple
MYRTACEAE	Eugenia malaccensis	tree	Food	malay apple
MYRTACEAE	Eugenia uniflora	shrub, small tree	Food, Orn	suriname cherry	pitanga
EUPHORBIACEAE	Euphorbia pulcherrima	shrub	Med	wild poinsetta
MORACEAE	Ficus maxima	tree	Med	fig, wild fig	higo
MORACEAE	Ficus sp.	tree		(soft leaved)
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Gliricidia sepium	shrub, tree	Med, Cnst, Fuel, Pois, Orn, Forg, Food	madre cacao	madre cacao	hotz, sayab, zacyab, xak'ya'ab, kante
ASCLEPIDACEAE	Gonolobus sp.	vine	Med, Food	vine of the dead	behuco de muerto
MALVACEAE	Gossypium hirsutum	shrub, cultivated	Med, Fibr	cotton, cotton tree, wild cotton	algodÛn	taman
MELIACEAE	Guarea glabra	tree	Cnst, Med	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	bay cedar, bastard cedar, box cedar	caulote, tapaculo, gu·cimo	pixoy
RUBIACEAE	Guettarda combsii	shrub, tree	Cnst, Med, Prd	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	logwood, dye wood	tinta, palo de tinte	ek
RUBIACEAE	Hamelia patens	shrub, small tree	Food, Med, Orn, Prd, Bev, Tan	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		wild cinnamon, wild orange	copalche macho, nance cimarron	silion
HELICONIACEAE	Heliconia latispatha	herb	Med	platanillo
HELICONIACEAE	Heliconia psittacorum	Low, Red bracts and light yellow sepals	Orn	parakeet flower
HELICONIACEAE	Heliconia sp.	herb
HELICONIACEAE	Heliconia spp.	herb	Orn	heliconia, lobster claw
TILIACEAE	Heliocarpus americanus	tree	Fibr, Cnst	broadleaf moho, white moho	majao, cajete, jolol	chai
TILIACEAE	Heliocarpus mexicanus	tree	Fibr, Cnst	broadleaf hoho	cajete
BORAGINACEAE	Heliotropum angiospermum	herb	Med, Pois	scorpion tail	cola de alegran, rabamaco, rabamico, rabo mico	remax
MALVACEAE	Hibiscus sabdariffa	vine	Med, Bev	sorrell, red sorrel	jamaica, rosa de jamaica
MALVACEAE	Hibiscus spp.	herb, subshrub		hibiscus
CHRYSOBALANACEAE	Hirtella racemosa	shrub	Food	blossom berry, wild pigeon plum	grenada, palo de escoba, hoja de sapo	ch'ilimis, uyamche
LAMIACEAE	Hyptis suaveolens	herb, subshrub	Food, Pois, Med, Bev	oregano	orégano		jamaican spikenard
LAMIACEAE	Hyptis verticillata	subshrub, shrub	Med, Prd	john charles, john charles weed	hoja de matin, oja martin, yerba martin, hierba te	shkot-k'wai
CONVOLVULACEAE	Ipomoea batatas	vine	Food	sweet potato	batatas
CONVOLVULACEAE	Ipomoea meyeri	vine	Med	wild carrot palm	camotillo
BIGNONIACEAE	Jacaranda mimosifolia	tree			jacaranda
UNKNOWNS 43	Jakfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)?	tree		jack fruit
OLACACEAE	Jasminum officinale	herb	Orn	jasmine
EUPHORBIACEAE	Jatropha guameri	shrub, tree	Med, Prd	hazel nut, wild physic nut	piñon	chipche, pomolche
ASTERACEAE	Koanophyllon albicaule	shrub, tree	Med, Prd	black cordoncillo, black piper	cordoncillo negro	soscha, xolexnuc	old woman's walking stick
LYTHRACEAE	Lagerstroemia indica	shrub, med	Orn	jupiter, crepe myrtle	verbena
ASTERACEAE	Lasianthaea fruticosa	shrub or tree	Orn, Forg, Med, Ritl, Prd	margarita	margarita del monte	ish-ta, shti-pe, zta-ach
CHRYSOBALANACEAE	Licania platypus	tree	Food, Forg	monkey apple		succotz, sunco, urraco
VERBENACEAE	Lippia myriocephala	shrub, tree	Prd, Ritl, Med, Fumt, Cnst	maja rhacco	baston de vieja	sacuche, sa-ku-che, sa-ku-ch, sakuche
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Lonchocarpus castilloi	tree	Cnst, Med	black cabbage bark, cabbage bark		manchich
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Lonchocarpus minimiflorus	tree	Cnst, Med, Fuel, Forg	white cabbage bark	palo de guzano	man-chich
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Lonchocarpus sp.	tree	Cnst, Fuel	cabbage bark, dogwood, turtle-bone
SOLANACEAE	Lycopersicon esculentum	vine	Food	tomato	tomate
SOLANACEAE	Lycopersicon esculentum var. cerasiforme	shrub	Food	cherry tomato
POLYPODIOPHYTA: SCHIZAEACEAE	Lygodium volubile	fern, climbing	Med, Prd, Ritl	fever fern, wire whisk, wire whiss	alambre, behuco de alambre, corremiento	alambre-xi, xich-el-ba, xix-el-ba
FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Lysiloma auritum	tree	Med	bastard mahogany	tamborcillo, palo de sangre	tsu
FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Lysiloma latisiliquum	tree	Med, Prd, Fuel, Cnst	rain tree		tzalam, chalan, salam
ANNONACEAE	Malmea depressa	shrub or tree	Food, Med, Cnst, Prd	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	apple	manzana
ANACARDIACEAE	Mangifera indica	tree	Food, Med, Bev, Pois, Prd	mango
EUPHORBIACEAE	Manihot esculenta	subshrub	Food, Orn, Med, Pois, Prd, Spc, Ltx	cassava, white cassava		tsin
SAPOTACEAE	Manilkara zapota	tree	Food, Gum, Med, Ltx, Cnst	red sapodilla, sapodilla	chico zapote, sapote, zapote, zapotillo, zapote b	ya	chicle, chicle tree
MARANTACEAE	Maranta arundinaceae	herb	Food, Med	arrowroot		yukia
EUPHORBIACEAE	Margaritaria nobilis	shrub or tree		mora, bastard madre cacao	mata palo, ramón macho	ininche	clawberry
CUCURBITACEAE	Melothria pendula	vine	Med, Forg	watermelon rat	melon de raton
LAMIACEAE	Mentha piperita	herb	Spc, Bev	mint
UNKNOWNS 3	Mentha spicata	herb	Spc		yerba buena
LAMIACEAE	Methax piperita	shrub	Spc, Bev	peppermint
ANACARDIACEAE	Metopium brownei	shrub or tree with irritating sap	Prd, Pois, Cnst, Med, Forg	black poison wood, Honduras walnut	chechem negro	chechem, che-chen	black ponwood
FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Mimosa hondurana	liana, vine	Pois	iguana leaf, tear coat, haulback, sensitive weed	linda hermosa
FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Mimosa pudica	subshrub	Med, Orn	sensitive weed, twelve o'clock plant	dormilona, dormidillo, dormillon, puta vieja	guara-k'ish, métz, shm?ts, xmuts
CUCURBITACEAE	Momordica charantia	vine	Food, Med, Forg, Orn, Pois	balsam pear	sorosí		sorosee
UNKNOWNS 44	Morinda citrifolia?	tree		noni
TILIACEAE	Mortoniodendron (guatemalense?)	tree
MUSACEAE	Musa 1	tree	Food, Prd	pelepita plantain
MUSACEAE	Musa 2	tree	Food	blogo banana
MUSACEAE	Musa 3	tree	Food	blue banano
MUSACEAE	Musa 4	tree	Food	apple banana, guineo manzana
MUSACEAE	Musa hybr.	tree, her-baceous	Food	cultivated banana
MUSACEAE	Musa paradisiaca	tree, her-baceous	Food, Med	plantain, banana	banana de marano, guineo, platano	box haas, haas
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Myroxylon balsamum	tree	Med, Prd, Fuel, Spc, Pois, Oil, Bev, Ritl	balsam, balsam seed	balsamo	na-ba	billy weed
LAURACEAE	Nectandra hihua	tree	Med, Cnst	laurel, sweet wood	laurel		wild pear
ASTERACEAE	Neurolaena lobata	herb, shrub	Med, Prd	jackass bitters	trespuntas, mano de lagarto	kayabim, an-mank, k'an-mank
NEW PLANT 01	NEW PLANT 01			pigeon bean
NEW PLANT 02	NEW PLANT 02			sweet nance
NEW PLANT 03	NEW PLANT 03			agave
NEW PLANT 04	NEW PLANT 04	vine	toy bomb	wild cucumber		xburut'
NEW PLANT 05	NEW PLANT 05	tree	food, posts		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
SOLANACEAE	Nicotiana tabacum	herb	Med, Prd, Fumt, Pois	tobacco
BOMBACACEAE	Ochroma pyramidale	tree	Fibr	balsa	lanilla	polak, puh
LAMIACEAE	Ocimum campechianum	herb	Food, Med, Ritl, Bev, Spc	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	cactus	nopal		scogeneel
ARALIACEAE	Oreopanax obtusifolius	tree, often epiphytic		matapalo		chunup
GRAMINEAE	Oryza sativa	grass, cultivated	Food, Bev	rice	arroz
ORCHIDACEAE	Other orchid spp.	herb, epiphyte		ground orchid, wax orchid, cinnamon orchid
BOMBACACEAE	Pachira aquatica	tree	Med, Food, Cnst, Dye	provision bark, provision tree	santo domingo, sapote bobo, zapote bobo, zapoton	uacut
CAESALPINIACEAE	Pachrhizus erosus	vine	Food, Pois	yama bean	frijolio		yama bean
BIGNONIACEAE	Parmetiera aculeata	tree	Food, Orn, Spc, Forg, Med	cow okra, wild okra	cuajilote	kat, k'at	cat
PASSIFLORACEAE	Passiflora mayarum	vine	Food, Bev	wild passion fruit	granadillo
PASSIFLORACEAE	Passiflora xiikzodz	vine	Med	bat wing
LAURACEAE	Persea americana	tree	Med, Food, Prd, Pois, Dye, Bev, Oil	avocado	aguacate, aguacote	on	butter-pear, pear
PHYTOLACCACEAE	Petiveria alliaceae	herb	Med, Ritl	skunkweed, guinea-hen plant, skunk root	zorillo
UNKNOWNS 42	Phaseolus lunatus?	vine	Forg	lima beans
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Phaseolus vulgaris	vine	Food	beans, frijoles
ARACEAE	Philodendron	herb
MYRTACEAE	Pimenta dioica	tree	Med, Food, Bev, Spc, Oil	allspice	pimienta, pimienta gorda, pimenta, pimenta gorda	naba-cuc
PIPERACEAE	Piper (psilorhachis?)	shrub, tree	Med	spanish elder	cordoncillo
PIPERACEAE	Piper auritum	subshrub	Spc, Med, Prd, Food, Oil	bullhoof, cowfoot	obel, santa maria	xmacolan, shma-culan, tzulubtok, xobel
PIPERACEAE	Piper jacquemontianum	shrub, tree		spanish elder	cordoncillo
PIPERACEAE	Piper marginatum	herb		spanish elder	cordoncillo
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Piscidia piscipula	tree, shrub	Med, Prd, Cnst, Fuel, Pois	dogwood, white wormwood, may bush	habim, jabin, palo de gusano	tiaxib
NYCTAGINACEAE	Pisonia proctorii	liana, endemic	Med	tiger nail	uña de gato
FABACEAE: Mimosoideae	Pithecellobium arboreum	tree	Orn, Cnst	barba jolote
APOCYNACEAE	Plumeria rubra	tree	Orn	mayflower, spanish jasmine	flor de mayo, zopilote		frangi pangi
PINOPHYTA: PODOCARPACEAE	Podocarpus guatemalensis	tree	Cnst	cypress, mountain cypress	cypress de montana
PORTULACACEAE	Portulaca oleracea	herb, fleshy	Food, Med, Forg	purslane	berdolaga, verdo laga
PORTULACACEAE	Portulaca pilosa	herb, fleshy	Orn, Pois, Prd		mañanitas	tsayoch
SAPOTACEAE	Pouteria campechiana	tree	Food, Prd, Med, Forg, Ltx	mammee cirila	sapotillo rojo	canistel, canizté, zac-xa-nal
SAPOTACEAE	Pouteria reticulata	tree	Food		zapote negro, zapotillo negro
SAPOTACEAE	Pouteria sapota	tree	Food, Med, Oil, Cnst, Ltx, Prd, Pois	mame, mamee, sapote, mamey, mamey apple, mammy app	zapote grande	saltule
VERBENACEAE	Priva lappulacea	herb	Med	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	copal		copal che, pom, pomte
MORACEAE	Pseudolmedia sp.	tree	Food, Forg , Med, Bev, Cnst	cherry		manax
MYRTACEAE	Psidium guajava	shrub, tree	Food, Med, Prd, Fuel, Tan, Bev	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	life everlasting, everlasting leaf	hierba, anal hembra, siempre viva	anal-xiv, ix-anal	hog bush, wild skanan
FABACEAE: Papilionoideae	Pterocarpus rohriii	tree		bloodtree, mountain kaway, dog's blood	palo de sangre, sangre de chuco
PUNIACEAE	Punica granatum	tree	Food, Dye	granada, pomegranate	granadillo
EUPHORBIACEAE	Pyllanthus liebmannianus	herb, subshrub	Med	baby's tears	yerba de ojo	chin-chin-pol
BOMBACACEAE	Quararibea funebris	tree	Ritl, Spc		batidor
FAGACEAE	Quercus oleoides	tree	Cnst, Prd, Med, Resn	cedar, red cedar, spanish cedar	cedro, cedro rojo, cidra
COMMELINACEAE