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(please do not cite without consulting author)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
Malpighiaceae Malpighia Malpighia sp. Oapan á:waxókotl Amey a:waxokotl Tetel ahwaxokotl Oapan á:waxókotl (not
recognized from
photo but name
agreed upon after
mentioned)
Malpighiaceae Mascagnia Mascagnia
polybotrya (A.
Juss.) Nied.
Oapan n.n. unidentified
vine
Amey n.n. unidentified
vine
Tetel n.n. unidentified
vine
Malvaceae Alcea Alcea rosea L. Oapan sásanjosé:ntsi:n
or xo:chitl de San
Jose:ntsi:n
Oapan sásanjosé:ntsi:n
Malvaceae Anoda Anoda cf. palmata Oapan
Fryx.
unidentified Amey unidentified Tetel unidentified
Malvaceae Anoda Anoda cf. palmata Oapan
Fryx.
tlatlastopo:ni xihtli
Malvaceae Anoda Anoda cristata (L.) Tlama
Schlecht.
n.n. Tlama n.n. Oapan n.n. Tlanicpatla ko:yo:po:l
Malvaceae Anoda Anoda cristata (L.) Tecui
Schltdl.
Tecui Tecui
Malvaceae Anoda Anoda cristata (L.) Tecui
Schltdl.
Tecui Tecui
Malvaceae Anoda Anoda palmata
Fryx.
Malvaceae Anoda Anoda palmata
Fryx.
Tlama n.n. Tlama n.n. Oapan n.n. n.n.
Malvaceae Anoda Anoda palmata
Fryxell
Tecui Tecui Tecui
Malvaceae Anoda Anoda thurberi A. Oapan
Gray
n.n. Amey n.n. Tetel n.n. Oapan not recognized
Malvaceae Bastardiastrum Bastardiastrum cf.
batesii Fryx.
Malvaceae Bastardiastrum Bastardiastrum
gracile (Hochr.)
Bates
Oapan tlatlastopo:ni xihtli
ista:k i:xo:chio
Oapan tlatlastopo:ni xihtli
memeki:toh
i:kowyo
Amey n.n. Tetel n.n. Oapan seen recognized
Amey n.n. Tetel n.n. Oapan not recognized
Malvaceae Bastardiastrum Bastardiastrum
tricarpellatum
(Robinson &
Greenman ex
Rose) Bates
Tecui Tecui Tecui
Malvaceae Gossypium Gossypium
hirsutum L.
Oapan ichkakohtli Amey ichkaxo:chitl Tetel ichkatl Oapan ichkatl
Malvaceae Gossypium Gossypium laxum Oapan
Phillips
ichkaxo:chitl Amey iskaxo:chitl Tetel ichkamasa:tl Oapan ichkakohxo:chitl
Malvaceae Gossypium Gossypium sp. Tlama ichkakomasa:tl Tlama n.n. Oapan ichkakohxo:chitl Amey n.n.
Malvaceae Herissantia Herissantia crispa Tecui
(L.) Brizicky
Tecui Tecui
Malvaceae Sida Sida abutifolia
Miller
Oapan tekwitlanex xihtli Amey n.n. Tetel n.n. Oapan seen and
recognized
Malvaceae Sida Sida ciliaris L. Tlama n.n. Tlama chi:nah wistli Oapan n.n. Amey n.n.
Malvaceae Sida Sida rhombifolia
L.
Tecui Tecui Tecui
Malvaceae Sida Sida sp. Oapan unidentified Amey unidentified Tetel unidentified Oapan recognized (at his
house there are a
lot) but name not
known
Malvaceae Sida Sida sp. Oapan not named Oapan tétekomátsi:n yón
wíwitsióh
Martyniaceae Martynia Martynia annua L. Oapan kwákwa:kóhtsi:n
de toto:roh
Amey toto:roh Tetel cha:nko:kopih Oapan kwákwa:kóhtsi:n
Martyniaceae Martynia Martynia annua L. Oapan kwá:kwakóhtsi:n
yon siwa:tl
Oapan kwákwa:kóhtsi:n Amey toto:roh
Martyniaceae Proboscidea Proboscidea Oapan kwákwa:kóhtsi:n Amey toto:roh (with Tetel cha:nko:kopih Oapan kwákwa:kóhtsi:n
fragrans (Lindl.)
Decne
de tótó:roh
purple flowers)
Martyniaceae Proboscidea Proboscidea
fragrans (Lindl.)
Decne
Oapan kwákwa:kohtsi:n Amey toto:roh
Meliaceae Melia Melia azederach
L.
Oapan n.n. Amey parai:soh Tetel n.n. Oapan not recognized
Meliaceae Swietenia Swietenia humilis Oapan tsopi:lo:tl Amey tsopi:lo:tl Tetel tsopi:lo:tl Oapan tsopi:lo:tl /
Zucc.
tsopi:lo:kohtli