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 ché
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
Tamonea curassavica - Cha'an koj xnuuk
Tephrosia cinera - Ix bu'ul xiw
Tetramerium nervosum - Baak soots'
Thouinia paucidentata - K'aan chunukub
Tillandsia brachycaulos - Chuk
Tournefortia volubilis - Beek ak'
Tradescantia spathacea / Boat LIly, Moses-in-the-cradle - Chactsan
Trichilia arborea - Choobenche'
Tridax procumbens
Trixis inula - Tabi

Urvillea ulmacea - Ap ak'

Vigna elegans
Vitex gaumeri / Blue Blossom, Fiddlewood, Monkey Fiddle - Yax niik

Waltheria americana - Ich k'iin
Wedelia hispida

Zanthoxylum fagara - Taamkas che'
Zizyphus yucatensis