Nahuatl Cultural Encyclopedia: Botany and Zoology, Balsas ... - Famsi

Appendix 1
Plants Collected in Nahuatl Speaking Villages of Central Guerrero, Mexico
For Nahuatl Recordings of Plant Descriptions and Uses
(please do not cite without consulting author)
Family Genus Scientific Name Village 1 Village 1 name Village 2 Village 2 name Village 3 Village 3 name Village 4 Village 4 name
Boraginaceae Cordia Cordia
curassavica Jacq.
Tecui n.n. Tecui n.n. Tecui n.n.
Boraginaceae Cordia Cordia
curassavica Jacq.
Tlama n.n. Tlama n.n. Oapan n.n. Tlanicpatla n.n.
Boraginaceae Cordia Cordia
elaeagnoides A.
DC.
Boraginaceae Cordia Cordia
morelosana
Standley or
Cordia sonorae
Rose
Boraginaceae Cordia Cordia oaxacana
DC.
Oapan iskixo:chitl Amey iskixo:chitl Tetel kuwi:skixo:chitl Oapan i:skixo:chitl
Oapan tlankwa:pets ista:k Amey tlakwa:mpets
istá:k
Tetel tlakwa:mpehtsi:n Oapan tlankwa:pets
Oapan a:i:skitl Amey not named Oapan not named (but
insisted that this is
not called a:i:skitl)
Amey not named
Boraginaceae Cordia Cordia sonorae Oapan tlankwa:pets Amey tlakwa:mpets de Tetel tlakwa:mpets Oapan tlankwa:pets
Rose
mora:doh
tli:ltik
prie:toh
mora:doh
Boraginaceae Cordia Cordia sonorae Oapan tlankwa:pets ista:k Oapan tlankwa:pets ista:k Amey tlakwa:mpets
Rose
istá:k
Boraginaceae Cordia Cordia sp. Tecui tlankwa:petsi:n Tecui tlankwa:petsi:n Tecui tlankwa:petsi:n
tli:ltik
tli:ltik
tli:ltik
Boraginaceae Heliotropium Heliotropium
angiospermum
Murray
Oapan n.n. Amey n.n. Tetel n.n. Oapan té:xihtlí
Boraginaceae Heliotropium Heliotropium Oapan yáya:paso:tl or Amey not named Oapan yéye:paso:tsí:ntli Oapan yéye:pasó:tl de
fruticosum L.
yéya:páso:tl
xihtli
Boraginaceae Heliotropium Heliotropium Oapan té:xihtlí de Amey kókolantí:toh
indicum L.
yéye:páso:tl
Boraginaceae Heliotropium Heliotropium Oapan té:xihtlí (san de Amey n.n. Tetel n.n. Oapan té:xihtlí
macrostachyum
(DC.) Hemsl.
xihtli)
Boraginaceae Heliotropium Heliotropium Oapan ye:paso:tl Amey yeye:paso:tsi:n Tetel ye:paso:xiwtle Oapan yéya:páso:tl
procumbens Mill.
tekwitlanex
Boraginaceae Heliotropium Heliotropium
procumbens Mill.
Boraginaceae Heliotropium Heliotropium
procumbens Mill.
Boraginaceae Heliotropium Heliotropium
ternatum Vahl
Oapan not named Amey yeyepaso:tsi:n Oapan yéya:páso:tl (at Oapan yéye:paso:tl (de
first couldn´t
remember but
later agreed with
the name given by
Silvestre
Pantaleón)
san xihtli)
Tlama xiwtli temonextik Tlama ye:paso:tl de
mo:nteh
Oapan yéye:páso:tl de
xihtli
Oapan ye:paso:tl
kwitlanextik
Amey yepaso:tl xiwtli Tetel n.n. Oapan not recognized
except as a sakatl
Boraginaceae Tournefortia Tournefortia
umbellata Kunth
Tecui Tecui Tecui
Boraginaceae Tournefortia Tournefortia
umbellata Kunth
Oapan té:xihtlí Amey texixiwtli Tetel texixiwtle Oapan not recognized
Boraginaceae Varronia Varronia
oaxacana (DC.)
Friesen
Tlama n.n. Tlama n.n. Oapan n.n.
Bromeliaceae Hechtia Hechtia cf. Oapan mexkaltompistli Amey n.n. Tetel n.n. Oapan mexkaltompistli
mooreana L.B.
de wéweyák
(ma:s we:weyak
Sm.
í:matlápal
i:mexkahlo)
Bromeliaceae Hechtia Hechtia mooreana Oapan
L.B. Sm.
mexkaltompistli Amey n.n. Tetel mixkatompistle Oapan mexkaltompistli
Bromeliaceae Hechtia Hechtia
stenopetala
Klotzsch
Bromeliaceae Tillandsia Tillandsia
achyrostachys E.
Morren ex Baker
var.
achyrostachys
Bromeliaceae Tillandsia Tillandsia caputmedusae
E.
Morren
Bromeliaceae Tillandsia Tillandsia
fasciculata Sw.
Tlama mexkaltompiltsi:n Tlama maxkaltompiltsi:n Oapan mexkaltompixtli
Atliaca xalachtli Atliaca Atliaca
Atliaca mihmisto:n Atliaca Atliaca mihmisto:n
Oapan xi:lo:sahtli Oapan te:pan we:wetsi
n.n.