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MEXICAN PLANTS & ANIMALS HOME

FOR FOOD & USE

• Achiote (Annato)
• Air Potato
• Allspice Tree
• Amaranth, Red
• Anona / Sweetsop
• Avocado
• Balsam-apple
• Bamboo, Male
• Bamboo, Yellow Groove
• Banana
• Banana, Dwarf
• Barbados Cherry
• Basil
• Bean, Lima
• Bean, Mung
• Carrot
• Bean, Pigeon
• Bean, Sword
• Cabbage
• Camote, or Sweet Potato
• Canistel
• Cassava/ Manioc/ Tapioca/ Yuca
• Chaya
• Chayote
• Chili, "Clown"
• Chives, "Maya"/ Cebollín
• Cilantro
• Climbing Spinach
• Coconut Palm
• Corn (Maize)
• Cowpea
• Cucumber, "Maya"
• Cucumber, Spiny
• Custard-Apple, Common
• Dragon Fruit or Pitaya
• Epazote
• Garlic
• Gooseberry-Tree
• Grapefruit
• Guava
• Habanero, Chocolate
• Hoja Santa
• Jackfruit
• Jamaica/ Roselle
• Jícama
• Lime, Sweet
• Lime, Mexican
• Makal
• Mamey
• Mango
• Mizuna
• Mustard Greens
• Mombin, Red
• Moringa
• Nance
• Neem
• Noni
• Nopal Cactus
• Okra
• Orange, Sour
• Orange, Sweet
• Oregano, Cuban
• Oregano, Mexican
• Papaya
• Passion Fruit, Yellow
• Peanut
• Pigeon Pea
• Pineapple
• Pomegranate
• Radish
• Rue
• Sage, White (medicinal)
• Soursop
• Spanish Plum
• Squash, Maya Ribbed
• Squash, "Round Zucchini"
• Star Apple
• Tamarind
• Tangerine
• Tomatillo
• Tomato, Cherry
• Winged Yam
• Turmeric Plant
• Zapote, White

ORNAMENTALS
VINES,  WOODY & HERBACEOUS:

• Bougainvillea
• Coralvine
• Golden Trumpet Vine
• Luffa Gourd #1)
• Luffa Gourd #2
• Pentalinon luteum
• Philodendron, Split-leaf
• Pothos
• Vanilla Vine (Vanilla sp.)
• Syngonium

±HERBACEOUS AND/OR NO TRUNKS:

• MONOCOTS (leaves usually parallel-veined )
  • Agave
  • Agave, Varietaged
  • Aloe Vera
  • Cordgrass, Sand
  • Elephant Ear
  • Elephantear, Arrowleaf
  • Ginger Lily
  • Heliconia
  • Heliconia 'Dwarf Jamaica'?
  • Lily, Barbados
  • Lily, Peace
  • Lily, Rain
  • Lily Turf
  • Mother-in-law Tongues
  • Orchid (Rhyncholaelia {Brassavola})
  • Orchid, Cymbidium hybrid
  • Queen Emma Lily
  • Red Ginger
  • Spiderwort, Purple
  • Ti, Hawaiian
  • Turf Lily
  • Umbrella Plant
  • Walking Iris
• DICOTS (leaves usually net-veined)
  • Amaranth, Red
  • Basket Plant
  • Begonia, Castorbean-leafed
  • Cockscomb, Spiked
  • Copperleaf
  • Cosmos, Pink
  • Cosmos, Yellow
  • Dahlia
  • Datura, Double Purple
  • Garden Balsam
  • Giant Mexican Sunflower
  • Globe Amaranth
  • Leadwort, Cape
  • Marigold
  • Red Dragon Flower
  • Ruby Leaf
  • Titty Fruit
  • Tobacco
  • Turnera
  • Variegated Croton
  • Zinnia, Common
• OTHER
  • Fern, Fishtail Swordfern
  • Fern, Boston or Swordfern
  • Fern, Pigmy Swordfern (Nephrolepis cordifolia "duffii")

±WOODY, WITH TRUNKS:

• Ackee
• Adenium
• Amapola
• Balché
• Banyan, Chinese)
• Bo-Tree
• Brazilian Red-cloak
• Candelabra "Cactus"
• Chastetree, Threeleaf
• Chenille-Plant
• Confederate Rose
• Coral Tree, Indian
• Coral Plant
• Crateva Tree
• Crepe Ginger
• Crepe-Myrtle
• Crown-of-Thorns
• Cycads
• Cycad, Tree
• Date, Wild
• Dombeya
• Dragon Tree, Madagascar
• Dwarf Poinciana
• Elder, Mexican
• Ficus Elastica
• Fig, American
• Fiddlewood
• Flaming Katy
• Flowering Sweet Potato
• Frangipani
• Glory-Blower, Bleeding
• Golden Shower Tree
• Hibiscus, Chinese
• Jacaranda
• Java Glorybower
• Lady of The Night
• Kenaf
• Lebbeck-Tree
• Mexican Flame Vine
• Mexican Ponytail
• Ming Aralia
• Oleander
• Orange Jasmine
• PALMS:
  • Areca
  • Bamboo
  • Coconut
  • Fiji Fan
  • Fishtail, Clustering
  • Manila
  • Mexican Fan Palm
  • Mexican Palmetto
  • Royal
• Panama Rose
• Peregrina
• Poinsettia
• Polyscias
• Portia Tree
• Powderpuff, Pink
• Purple Allamanda
• Purple Orchid Tree Hybrid
• Ringworm Bush
• Rose
• Rubbervine, Madagascar
• Screwpine
• Screwpine, Variegated
• Siricote #1
• Siricote #2
• Skyflower
• Soapberry
• Spanish Bayonet
• Tababuia, Pink
• Ti Plant
• Traveler's Tree
• Tree Cotton
• Tree Morning-Glory
• Tropical Almond
• Virginia Creeper
• Yellow Oleander

ALSO: Agriforestry in a typical Maya village

And you might enjoy browsing the produce section of
Jim's Mexican Mercados website.