A to Z index of utilitarian plants and sacred flowers

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Acacia, Acacia farnesiana

Acacia, edible wild native plants of the Maya

Aechmea bromeliifolia

Achiote, Bixa orellana

Aguacate, Persea sp.

Ají, Capsicum, Chile, chili, Pimiento

Algodón Silvestre, Cochlospermum vitifolium

Algodoncillo, Ceiba aesculifolia

Allspice, Pimienta dioica

Anacardium occidentale L. Cashew (marañon)

Anón, anona, Annona squamosa, Chirimoya, Saramuyo, Sugar apple

Anona, Annona purpurea

Anona colorada, Annona reticulata

Anona rosada, Annona reticulata

Aromatherapy, Magnolia, but species native to Guatemala and Mexico and Honduras

Arracho, Montriacardia arborescens, pica pica

Apak palm, Brahea dulcis, Palma real, palma dulce, palma soyate

Attalea cohune, Corozo

Auritum, hoja santa

Avocado, Persea sp.

Ayale, Crescentia cujete

Bactris sp., Palms of Mesoamerica, Sabal sp.

Bakelac, Hueso de Tortuga, Ixbakelac, Laetia thamnia, Zapote amarillo

Balsa, Guano, Jopi, Ochroma pyramidale

Basket palm, Bayal, Desmoncus orthacanthos, Liana palm

Bec, Ehretia tinifolia, Mandimbo, Palo prieto

Bee rut, Cissus gossypiifolia, Uva

Bejuco, Aristolochia

Bejuco Colorado, chameleon vine, flame vine, flor de fuego, peineto, punto

Bernoullia flammea, mapola, or amapola

Biotopo Chocón Machacas, Izabal, Livingston, Natural Rerserve

Bixa orellana

Bibliographies on Mayan Flora in Central America

Black orchid, Prosthechea cochleata

Blepharidium guatemalense, irayol blanco, family Rubiaceae

Bourreria huanita

Bombacaceae, Bernoullia flammea, now subfamily Bombacoideae

Brahea dulcis Apak palm, Palma real, palma dulce, palma soyate

Clamshell orchid, Prosthechea cochleata

Bullet tree, Bucida buceras

Bullock’s heart Annona reticulata

Bursera simaruba, Palo jiote

Buttercup tree, Cochlospermum vitifolium

Byrsonima crassifolia, Nance tree

Cacao, chocolate, pataxte, Theobroma bicolor

Cacao, cocoa, chocolate, chile as flavoring among the Maya (and potentially among the Aztec).

Cacao, cocoa, chocolate, consulting, especially on Theobroma bicolor, but also Theobroma angustifolium

Cacao, cocoa, chocolate flavorings, vanilla

Cacao flavoring, magnolia

Cacao silvestre, cacao de montaña, cacao de mono, and potentially cacao de mico; Theobroma angustifolium

Caiba, Parmentiera aculeata

Calabash, Crescentia cujete

Calliandra, general introduction

Camedor, Chamaedorea spp., Cola de pescado, Palmilla, Tepejilote jade, Xate

Cana indica, leaves as wrap for tamale

Canastilla, Aristolochia

Candelillo, Senna spectabilis

Capsicum,, Chile, chili, Ají, Pimiento

Capote de monte, Hoja Elegante, Marac, Xanthosoma robustum

Caracus wigandia, Ortiga de tierra caliente, Wigandia caracasana, Wigandia urens

Carnaval, Senna spectabilis

Cashew (marañon)

Cashew tree, Anacardium occidentale

Cassia grandis, bucut

Castilla elastica, hule, latex, rubber tree

Catopsis berteroniana, Pata de gallo

Catuche, Annona muricata

Ceiba, Ceiba aesculifolia

Ceiba, Ceiba pentandra

Cestrum nocturnum, Dama de la noche, Huele de noche, Jazmín de la noche

Chameleon vine, Bejuco Colorado, flame vine, flor de fuego, peineto, punto

Chayote, Güisquil

Chepíl, Chipilín, Chop, Crotalaria longirostrata

Chichicaste, Chichicaste grandis

Chile Chocolate (Capsicum annuum var accuminatum)

Chilli, or chile, as flavoring for chocolate.

Chincuya, Annona purpurea

Chipilín, Chepíl, Chop, Crotalaria longirostrata

Chirimoya, Anón, anona, Annona squamosa, Saramuyo, Sugar apple

Chocolate, see cacao (which is the correct botanical name; cocoa is a misinterpretation
(misunderstanding) from several centuries ago.

Chop, Chepíl, Chipilín, Crotalaria longirostrata

Chupetio, Falso hibisco, Malvaviscus arboreus

Cirián, Crescentia alata

Cirián, Crescentia cujete

Cissus gossypiifolia, Bee rut, Uva

Coccoloba belizensis Standl, Uva silvestre

Coclospermum vitifolium, Tecomasuche

Coloc, local name for Talisia floresii, family Sapindaceae

Coloc, Guaya campechiana, Talisia floresii, Toloc

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Contrahierba, Dorstenia contrajerva, Snakewort

Coronillo, Bellucia costaricensis

Corozo, Attalea cohune

Costex, Coxte, Greenheart, Guayabillo, Mabí, Snakebark

Costilla de Adán, Monstera deliciosa

Cotoperis, Cotopriz, Guayo, Guaya, Melicoccus oliviformis, Talpajocote, Talisia olivaeformis, Uruguaye

Cotopriz, Cotoperis, Guayo, Guaya, Melicoccus oliviformis, Talpajocote, Talisia olivaeformis, Uruguaye

Cotton tree, Cochlospermum vitifolium

Coxluto, Parmentiera aculeata

Crescentia alata, Crescentia cujete

Crotalaria longirostrata, Chepíl, Chipilín, Chop

Cryosophila stauracantha, Escoba, escobo, Guano de escoba, Palo de escoba

Cuajilote, Parmentiera aculeata

Cuchamper, Gonobolus sp

Cuchampera, Gonobolus sp

Custard apple, Annona reticulata

Cymbopetalum penduliflorum

Dahlia plants and flowers

Dama de la noche, Cestrum nocturnum, Huele de noche, Jazmín de la noche

Desmoncus orthacanthos, Basket palm, Bayal, Liana palm

Differences, Haematoxylum campechianum, Haematoxylum brasiletto

Digital photography reviews, 400mm

Dorstenia contrajerva, Contrahierba, Snakewort

Dutchman's Pipe, Aristolochia elegans

Edible plants of the Maya

Acacia

Ehretia tinifolia, Bec, Mandimbo, Palo prieto

Escoba, escobo, Cryosophila stauracantha, Guano de escoba, Palo de escoba

Estrella, Bellucia costaricensis

Estrella de fuego, Epidendrum radicans

Estrellita del cielo, Senecio confusus

Erythrina berteroana, Palo de Pito

Extrafloral nectaries, Hibiscus pernambucensis, mucilage

Falso hibisco, Chupetio, Malvaviscus arboreus, Turk’s cap

Filodendro, Monstera deliciosa

FIL, flora, fauna

Fire star, Epidendrum radicans

Flame vine, flor de fuego, Bejuco Colorado, chameleon vine, peineto, punto

Flor de Calico, Aristolochia elegans

Flor de Sangre, Asclepias curassavica

Flowers that bloom at night, Solandra maxima

Food of the Maya, Bernoullia flammea, edible seeds

Foods of the Maya, fruits, Talisia floresii, family Sapindaceae, local name is Coloc

Garden for research on plants of Guatemala

Giant granadilla, Passiflora quadrangularis

Gliricidia sepium, Madre cacao, matarratón

Golondrina, Senecio confusus

Guaco, Aristolochia

Guinda, Solanum sisymbriifolium

Greenheart, Guayabillo, Costex, Coxte, Mabí, Snakebark

Guanaba, Annona muricata

Guanábana, Annona muricata

Guano, Balsa, Jopi, Ochroma pyramidale

Guano de escoba, Cryosophila stauracantha, Escoba, escobo, Palo de escoba

Guaya campechiana, Coloc, Talisia floresii, Toloc

Guaya, Cotoperis, Cotopriz, Guayo, Melicoccus oliviformis, Talpajocote, Talisia olivaeformis, Uruguaye

Guayo, Cotoperis, Cotopriz, Guaya, Melicoccus oliviformis, Talpajocote, Talisia olivaeformis, Uruguaye

Guazuma ulmifolia

Guava, Guayaba, Psidium guajava, a medicinal plant

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Haematoxylum campechianum, Haematoxylum brasiletto

Haematoxylum campechianum, Haematoxylum brasiletto, differences

Haematoxylum campechianum, logwood, palo de Campeche flower

Habenaria orchid genus, bibliography

Hibiscus pernambucensis, Extrafloral nectaries, mucilage

Higuerón, Ficus

Huele de noche, Cestrum nocturnum, Dama de la noche, Jazmín de la noche

Hueso de Tortuga, Bakelac, Ixbakelac, Laetia thamnia, Zapote amarillo

Huizache, Acacia farnesiana

Hule, Castilla elastica, latex, rubber tree

Hura polyandra

Irayol blanco, Blepharidium guatemalense, family Rubiaceae

Ixbakelac, Bakelac, Laetia thamnia, Zapote amarillo

Izabal, Biotopo Chocón Machacas, Livingston, Natural Rerserve

Jazmín de la noche, Cestrum nocturnum, Dama de la noche, Huele de noche

Jícara, Crescentia alata

Jícara, Crescentia cujete

Jícaro, Crescentia alata

Jícaro, Crescentia cujete

Jopi, Balsa, Guano, Ochroma pyramidale

kapok, Ceiba pentandra

Lacmellea standleyi, lechemiel, milk tree, prickly vaca, vaca tree

Laetia thamnia, Bakelac, Hueso de Tortuga, Ixbakelac, Zapote amarillo

Lago de izabal, Río Dulce

Lagunita Creek, Rio Sarstun, Tapon Creek

Lauraceae gender, Avocado

Látex, Castilla elastica, hule, rubber tree

Lechuguilla azul de oriente, Agave pachycentra

Leucaena leucocephala

Liana palm, Basket palm, Bayal, Desmoncus orthacanthos

Lichen moss, Líquen de barba, Oak lichen, Usnea sp.

Lemoy, Malmea depressa, Sufricay, suprecayo, yaya

Litchi tomato, Solanum sisymbriifolium

Logwood, Haematoxylum campechianum, palo de tinto, palo de Campeche

Logwood, palo de Campeche flower, palo de tinto, Haematoxylum campechianum

Lupuna, Ceiba pentandra

Mabí, Costex, Coxte, Greenheart, Guayabillo, Snakebark

Macroclinium bicolor

Maculís, Matilisguate, Palo de rosa, Roble, Tabebuia rosea

Madre cacao, matarratón, Gliricidia sepium

Magnolia, medicinal and flavoring for cacao

Magnolia quetzal, using Nikon

Maguey blanco de oriente, Agave vivipara

Maguey blanco o Barcena, Agave lagunae

Maguey chuipach, Agave thomasiae

Maguey de malá, Agave hurteri

Maguey del Quiché, Agave tecta

Malmea depressa, Lemoy, Sufricay, suprecayo, yaya

Mandimbo, Bec, Ehretia tinifolia, Palo prieto

Mangle rojo, mangrove, Rhizophora mangle, Tabasco

Manzanita tropical, Bellucia costaricensis

Mapola, or amapola, Bernoullia flammea

Marac, Hoja Elegante, Capote de monte, Xanthosoma robustum

Maracuya, Passiflora quadrangularis

Marañón, Anacardium occidentale

Marañón, Cashew

Marigold Flower, Flor de Muerto

Matapalo, Ficus

Medicinal plant, Guava, Guayaba, Psidium guajava

Medicinal plants

Medicinal plants, List

Medicinal plants, Magnolia

Medicinal, magnolia flavoring for cacao is also medicinal

Melicoccus oliviformis, Cotoperis, Cotopriz, Guayo, Guaya, Talpajocote, Talisia olivaeformis, Uruguaye

Mexican calabash, Crescentia alata

Mexican calabash, Crescentia cujete

Milk tree, Lacmellea standleyi, lechemiel, prickly vaca, vaca tree

Mexican flamevine, Senecio confusus

Milkweed, Asclepias curassavical

Mimosa pigra, Mimosa pudica, Petén

Monja blanca, Lycaste virginalisvar. Alba

Montriacardia arborescens, Arracho pica pica

Morro, Crescentia alata

Morro, Crescentia cujete

Mucilage, Hibiscus pernambucensis, extrafloral nectaries

Mucuteno, Senna spectabilis

Nanchi, Crescentia alata

Nanchi, Crescentia cujete

Natural Rerserve Biotopo Chocón Machacas, Livingston, Izabal

Níspero,Bellucia costaricensis

Oak lichen, Lichen moss, Líquen de barba, Usnea sp.

Ochroma pyramidale, Balsa, Guano, Jopi

Olivo negro,Bucida buceras

Orchids, vanilla orchid

Orquídea negra, Prosthechea cochleata

Ortiga de tierra caliente, Caracus wigandia, Wigandia caracasana, Wigandia urens

Pacaya palm, Chamaedorea tepejilote

Pachira aquatica

Palma real , palma dulce, palma soyate, Apak palm, Brahea dulcis

Palmilla, Camedor, Chamaedorea spp., Cola de pescado, Tepejilote jade, Xate

Palms of Mesoamerica, Bactris sp., Sabal sp.

Palo de Pito Flowers

Palo de Campeche, logwood, Haematoxylum campechianum, palo de tinto

Palo de Campeche flower, palo de tinto, Haematoxylum campechianum

Palo de escoba, Cryosophila stauracantha, Escoba, escobo, Guano de escoba

Palo de rosa, Maculís, Matilisguate, Roble, Tabebuia rosea

Palo Prieto, Bec, Ehretia tinifolia, Mandimbo

Palta, Persea sp.

Pan caliente, Chichicaste grandis

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Papaturro, Coccoloba belizensis Standl., Uva Silvestre

Passiflora quadrangularis , giant granadilla, maracuya, Badea

Passion flowers and fruits, Passiflora

Pata de gallo, Catopsis berteroniana

Pataxte, Theobroma bicolor, a species which also produces cocoa for chocolate

Peineto, punto, Bejuco Colorado, chameleon vine, flame vine, flor de fuego

Pelican flower, Aristolochia elegans

Pepino de árbol, Parmentiera aculeata

Persea gender, Avocado

Photo Exhibit, Pachira aquatica

Pica pica, Arracho, Montriacardia arborescens

Pigra, Mimosa Pudica, Petén

Pimiento, Ají, Capsicum,, Chile, chili

Pimienta de Jamaica, Pimienta dioica

Pimienta dulce, Pimienta dioica

Pimienta gorda, Pimienta dioica

Piñanona, Monstera deliciosa

Piper auritum, hoja santa

Piper species as potentially medicinal (or toxic needing their own medicine!)

Platanillo, Asclepias curassavica

Pochote, Ceiba aesculifolia

Poro-poro, Cochlospermum vitifolium

Prickly vaca, Lacmellea standleyi, lechemiel, milk tree, vaca tree

Pterocarpus officinalis, Sangre de Drago

Pucté, Bucida buceras

Punica granatum, Granada

Revienta caballos, Solanum sisymbriifolium

Rhizophora mangle, mangrove, Tabasco, mangle rojo

Río Dulce,Lago de izabal

Rio Sarstun, Lagunita Creek, Tapon Creek

Roble, Maculís, Matilisguate, Palo de rosa, Tabebuia rosea

Rubber tree, Castilla elastica, hule, latex

Sabal sp., Bactris sp., Palms of Mesoamerica

Sangre de Dragon, Pterocarpus officinalis

Saramuyo, Sugar apple, Anón, anona, Annona squamosal, Chirimoya

Sterculia apetala, Castaño

Sechium edule, Güisquil

Silk cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra

Silk tree,, Cochlospermum vitifolium

Sincuya, Annona purpurea

Snakebark, Costex, Coxte, Greenheart, Guayabillo, Mabí

Snakewort, Contrahierba, Dorstenia contrajerva

Sobralia, Sobralia xantholeuca

Solandra maxima, cup of gold, flowering at night

Soursop,Annona muricata

Sticky nightshade, Solanum sisymbriifolium

Subin, Acacia farnesiana

Sufricay, suprecayo, Lemoy, Malmea depressa, yaya

Tabasco, Rhizophora mangle, mangrove, mangle rojo

Tagetes erecta, Flor de Muerto

Tagetes sp., Marigold

Talisia floresii, Toloc, Coloc, Guaya campechiana

Foods of the Maya, fruits, Talisia floresiii family Sapindaceae, local name is Coloc

Talisia olivaeformis, Cotoperis, Cotopriz, Guayo, Guaya, Melicoccus oliviformis, Talpajocote, Uruguaye

Talpajocote, Cotoperis, Cotopriz, Guayo, Guaya, Melicoccus oliviformis, Talisia olivaeformis, Uruguaye

Talauma, a variant of Magnolia

Tapon Creek, Rio Sarstun, Lagunita Creek

Tecolotillo, Aristolochia

Tecomasuche flower, Cochlospermum vitifolium

Tecomasuche, Cochlospermum vitifolium bibliography

Tepejilote jade, Camedor, Chamaedorea spp., Cola de pescado, Palmilla, Xate

Terrestrial shade orchids from Guatemala

Terrestrial sunny orchids from Guatemala

Theobroma angustifolium, cacao silvestre, cacao de montaña, cacao de mono, and potentially cacao de mico

Theobroma bicolor, pataxte

Tinto, palo de tinto; palo de Campeche, Haematoxylum campechianum

Tobacco-related, leaves can wrap cigarettes, Guava, Guayaba, Psidium guajava

Totumo, Crescentia cujete

Turk’s cap, Chupetio, Falso hibisco, Malvaviscus arboreus

Tutía, Solanum sisymbriifolium

Uruguaye, Cotoperis, Cotopriz, Guayo, Guaya, Melicoccus oliviformis, Talpajocote, Talisia olivaeformis

Usnea sp., Lichen moss, Líquen de barba, Oak lichen

Uva, Bee rut, Cissus gossypiifolia

Uva silvestre, Coccoloba belizensis Standl.

Vaca tree, Lacmellea standleyi, lechemiel, milk tree, Prickly vaca

Virola and nutmeg

Wigandia caracasana, Wigandia urens, Caracus wigandia, Ortiga de tierra caliente

Ortiga de tierra caliente, Caracus wigandia, Wigandia caracasana, Wigandia urens

Window leaf, Monstera deliciosa

Xanthosoma robustum, Hoja Elegante, Capote de monte, Marac

Xate, Camedor, Chamaedorea spp., Cola de pescado, Palmilla, Tepejilote jade

Yaya, Lemoy, Malmea depressa, Sufricay, suprecayo

Zapote amarillo, Bakelac, Hueso de Tortuga, Ixbakelac, Laetia thamnia

Zapoton, Pachira aquatica

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