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Castor Bean Tree, Oil Nut<br />
Ricino, Iguerra<br />
S’Kotch<br />
Ricinus communis<br />
Chamomile<br />
Manzanilla<br />
Anthemis nobilis<br />
Chaya<br />
Jatropha aconitifolia<br />
Chicle Tree<br />
Sapodilla<br />
Zapote, Ya<br />
Manilkara bidentata<br />
Chicoloro<br />
Strychnos panamensis<br />
Cilantro<br />
Coriandrum sativum<br />
Cockspur<br />
Zubin<br />
Acacia cornigera<br />
Copal Tree<br />
Pom<br />
Protium copal<br />
Corn<br />
Maize<br />
Im Che<br />
Zea mays<br />
Cotton<br />
Algodon<br />
Tsiin Taman<br />
Gossypium hirsutum<br />
Cow’s Hoof Vine<br />
Pata de Vaca<br />
Ki Bix<br />
Bauhinia herrerae<br />
Cross Vine, Skipping Rope<br />
A weedy tree, all parts of which are toxic. Oil is a purgative<br />
when taken internally. Apply oil locally to heal aches, pains,<br />
swellings, and bruises. Apply heated leaf to skin for the<br />
same purposes.<br />
Used universally as a mild tea for nerves, colic,<br />
sleeplessness, and indigestion.<br />
A semiwild backyard leaf vegetable high in iron and<br />
minerals. Eaten much like spinach.<br />
Principally valued for its resin, used as a base for chewing<br />
gum until the 1930s. Has a delicious fruit much prized by<br />
ancient <strong>Maya</strong>.<br />
Boil vine and drink for constipation, to cleanse internal<br />
organs; use as uterine lavage and as an antidote to poisons.<br />
A cultivated backyard vegetable used as a flavoring in<br />
sauces, soups, and salads. Make a tea of boiled seeds for<br />
insomnia and indigestion.<br />
Bark is male aphrodisiac; thorns and their resident ants are<br />
used to loosen mucus in infants.<br />
Burn dried resin as incense to ward off evil spirits,<br />
witchcraft, and spiritual diseases such as envy, fright, and<br />
grief. Bark may be boiled and drunk for stomach upsets and<br />
intestinal parasites.<br />
Sacred food to the <strong>Maya</strong>. Boil corn silk hair as a tea for all<br />
problems of kidney and bladder. Useful in preventing bedwetting.<br />
A preconquest plant. Boil leaves in sugar <strong>with</strong> other species<br />
to make cough syrup.<br />
Boil and drink vine to staunch bleeding and hemorrhaging,<br />
and take during menses as a birth control agent.<br />
Boil leaves to bathe skin conditions, headaches, insomnia,