A Partial List of
Plants of
DZIBILCHALTÚN RUINS
Just North of Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico
(Based on a list in Dzibilchaltún
Flora y Fauna, Mónica Chávez Guzmán, 1995, Comisión Nacional
Para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad Biocenosis, A.C., which was based on
Woody Vegetation of Dzibilchaltun, Anne S. Bradburn and Steven
P. Darwin, 1982, Tulane University.
English names from various sources)
NAMES: Latin / English - Maya and/or Spanish |
Abutilon permolle / Chinese Lantern - Sak miisbil Acacia collinsee / Bull's-horn Acacia - Subin, Cornezuelo A. dolichostachya / Wild Tamarind - Kabal piich A. gaumeri - Box kaatsim A. macracantha A. riparia - Chuken A. riparioides A. sesquijuga Acalypha oligodonta A. pseudoalopecuroides A. vagans Acanthocereus tetragonus Aechmea bracteata - Chom, Xch'uuj Aeschynomene fascicularis - Kaba pik, Pega pega Agave angustifolia - Chelem, Henequín silvestre Alternanthera ramosissima - Chak mol ak' Alvaradoa amorphoides - Beel siinik Andropogon perforatus Anoda acerifolia Anthurium sp. - Bobtum Aphelandra deppeana - Bisi' che' Apoplanesia paniculata - Choluul Arrabidaea floribunda - Aanil kaab Astrocasia tremula Bauhinia divaricata / Cowfoot (shrub) - Ts'ulub took', Pata de vaca Boerhavia diffusa B. erecta - Sak xiw Bouteloua filiformis / Grama Grass Bromelia pinguin - Ch'om, Piñuela Bunchosia swartziana - Sip' che' Bursera simaruba / Gumbolimbo - Chakah Caesalpinia gaumeri / Peccary Wood (tree) - Kitam che' C. platyloba - Chakte C. yucatenensis - K'aan pok'ool chuun Calliandra grisebachi / Powderpuff Tree - Kabal piich Callisia repens Capparis flexuosa - Xbayum aak' C. incana - Bokan che' Capraria biflora - Chokwil xiw C. saxifragaefolia Capsicum annuum / Red Pepper, chili - Aj max iik Cardiospermoum halicacabum / Balloon-vine - Wayun ak' Ceiba pentandra / Silk-cotton Tree, Ceiba - Pochote Celtis iguananea / Hackberry, Nettle Tree - Sits'muk Cenchrus echinatus - Aj mul Centrosema sp. Chamaecrista nictitans Chiococca alba - Ka'an chak che' Chloris inflata Chloroleucon mangense Chlorophora tinctoria / Fustic - Chak ox, Mora Cionosicyos excisus - Ak'il k'aax Cissus gossypiifolia - Xtab ka'an C. sicyoides - Ta'ka'anil Citharexylum schottii / Fiddlewood - Cahk ni' baach Clematis dioica - Me'ex nuxib Cleome gynandra / Spider Flower, Spider Plant - Xbeerraw xiw Cnidoscolus aconitifolius - Ch'iinch'in chaay Colubrina arborescens - Xlu'um che' C. elliptica Cordia cylindrostachya - K'op che' C. dodecandra / Geiger Tree, Ciricote - K'oopte' Crataeva tapia / Waika Bead (tree) - Kolok ma'ax Croton humilis - Ik'ja'aban C. miradorensis C. peraeruginosus Cucumis anguria / West India or Bur Gherkin - Ujabaplatjil k'aax Cucurbita ficifolia / Figleaf or Malabar Gourd Cyperus esculentus / Chufa Delilia berterii - Top'lan sil D. biflora Desmodium glabrum / Beggar Weed, Tick Trefoil - Kiintaj Dicliptera assurgens - Ni'miis Dioscorea convolvulacea - Cheen chaak D. macrostachya D. matagalpensis Diospyros anisandra - Kakal che´ Diospyros cuneata Echites yucatenensis Elytraria imbricata Enterlobium cyclocarpum / Guanacaste - Piich Erythrina americana / Coral Tree Euphorbia armourii E. glomerifera E. heterophylla / Mexican Fire-plant - Chuleb xiw Exostema caribaeum - Chaktsiis Galactia striata - Bu'ul baach Gaudichaudia albida - Ch'ilib Gronovia scandens - Beel muuch Guazuma ulmifolia / Bay Cedar, Bastard Cedar - Piixoy Guettarda elliptica / Pricklewood (shrub) - Box tas ta'ab Gymnopodium florbundum / Bastard Logwood - Ts'iits'ilche' Gyrocarpus jatrophifolius - Chak'ki'is Hamelia patens / Scarlet-bush - Chak took' Havardia albicans Heliotropium procumbens / Heliotrope H. ternatum - K'aanchunuup Henrya scorpioides Hibiscus poeppigii Hintonia octomera - Paay luuch Hyptis suaveolens - Cholte'xnuuk Ibervillea lindheimeri Ipomoea crinicalyx - Is ak' el I. hederifolia / Ivy-leaved Morning Glory I. nil / Purple-flowered Morning Glory - Lep jebil Isocarpha oppositifolia - Chaban kaan Jacaratia mexicana - Ch'iich'puut Jacquemontia nodiflora - Sak k'axab yuuk J. pentantha - Ak'il xiw Jatropha gaumeri - Pomol che' Justicia carthaginensis - Tulix xiw Lagascea mollis - Saak sajum Lantana camara / Common Lantana, Shrub Verbena - Ich ch'o' Lasiacus divaricata - Siit Leucaena glauca / Wild Tamarind - Uaxim, Guaje Lippia alba Lonchocarpus yucatenensis - Xuui Lysiloma acapulsensis L. latisilique - Tsalam Machaonia lindeniana - Boxk'u'ch'eel Malpighia glabra / Barbados Cherry (shrub) - Box wayakte' Malvastrum corchorifolium Manihot aesculifolia - Batul Marsdenia coulteri - Emtsul Martynia annua / Unicorn Plant (herb) - Cik ch'ik Matelea yucatanensis - Boochin Melampodium gracile - K'antun boob Melanthera nivea - Toplan xiw Melochia tomentosa - Chichibe Mentzelia aspera / Blazing Star, Starflower - Tsayuntsay Merremia aegyptia - Ka'ak Mimosa bahamensis - Kaatsim Mirabilis violacea - Pak'umpak' Morinda yucatenensis - Jo'oyok Mucuna pruriens / Cowitch, Picapica Neea choriophylla - Tats'i Neomillspaughia emarginata - Saj iitsa' Nopalea gaumeri - Sakan N. inaperta Notoptera guatemalensis Oxalis yucatenensis / Wood-sorrel, Oxalis - Ch'oj chak'am Parmentiera aculeata - Ain che' Parthenium hysterophorus - Jaway Parthenium schottii Passiflora foetida / Passionflower- Poch'il Paullinia fuscescens - K'ex ak' Pedilanthus nodiflorus / Rickrack Plant - Jalal che' Philodendron scandens / Sweetheart Vine, Money Plant Phoradendron mucronatum / Mistletoe - K'eew Phyllostylon brasiliensis - Kan che' Physalis arborescens P. cinerascens Pilosocereus gaumeri / Pilosocereus cactus - Nej Kisin Piscidia piscipula / "Dogwood," May Bush - Ja'abin Pisonia aculeata - Beeb, Uña de Gato Pithecellobium dulce / Manila Tamarind - Ts'iuche' P. unguis-cati / Cats-claw, Black-bead - Ts'im che' Plumeria rubra / Frangipanni - Sac nicte Podopterus mexicanus - Puuts' mukuy Porophyllum punctatum - Eek' puk che' Portulaca oleracea / Kitchen-garaden Purslane - Kabal chunuup P. pilosa / Shaggy Garden PUrslane - Ja'atskab mukuy Priva lappulacea - Pak'un pak' Psittacanthus americanus - Chak k'ewis Randia gaumeri - Kapoch R. xalapensis Rauvolfia tetraphylla - Kabal muk Rhynchelytrum repens Rhynchosia minima - Iib ch'o' Rivinia humilis / Rouge-plant - Kuxuba'an Ruellia nudiflora - Kabal ya'ax niik Salvia coccinea / Red Sage - Chak lool Samyda yucatenensis - Puuts'mukuy Sanvitalia procumbens / Creeping Zinnia - Ix k'aantun buub Sapindus saponaria / Soapberry Tree - Ts'buul Sclerocarpus divaricatus Sebastiania adenophora - K'aan chuunup Selaginella sp. / Little Club Moss, Spike Moss Senna bicapsularis S. racemosa - K'aan lool S. uniflora - Bu'ul k'aax S. villosa - Box saal che' Sicydium tamnifolium Sida acuta / Wireweed, Broomweed - Chi'ichi'bej Siphonoglossa sessilis Solanum americanum - Xtu'ja'abil S. erianthum S. tridynamum - Ik'om ya'ax niik S. verbascifolium - Toom paap Spermacoce tetraqueta - Pokxum Spiranthes polyandra Talinum
triangulare / Fameflower - Xukul |
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