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Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench
= Hibiscus esculentus L.
MALVACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Haiti: calalou creole speaking countries: gonbo, kalalou Dominican Republic: molondrón Dominica: okra, gumbo Cuba: quimbombó, molondrón
Related health problems: boil, ocular affections

Acalypha alopecuroides Jacq.
EUPHORBIACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Dominican Republic: ajito con pelo Haiti: dégonflé creole speaking countries: lanmwaz, mexique, zouti-bata
Related health problems: flatulence

Acalypha arvensis Poepp.
EUPHORBIACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Guatemala: hierba del cáncer creole speaking countries: lanmwaz, zeb akrab, zouti-bata
Related health problems: skin infection

Allium cepa L.
LILIACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Dominican Republic: cebollín creole speaking countries: lonyon frans, zonyon Haiti: zechalot
Related health problems: pneumopathy , sapito (mouth candidiasis)

Allium sativum L.
LILIACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: French speaking countries: ail Dominican Republic, Guatemala: ajo English-speaking countries: garlic Barbados, Haiti, St Lucia: lay
Related health problems: , candidiasis, earache, fever, flatulence, hypertension, intestinal parasites, nausea, skin infection, stress (mala sangre), toothache

Aloe vera (L.) Burm.
= Aloe barbadensis Mill.
LILIACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Barbados: aloes creole speaking countries: alwé, lalwé, lalwès Puerto Rico: sábila
Related health problems: asthma, calvicie, cuts, bounds, skin rash

Ambrosia peruviana Willd.
= Ambrosia paniculata var. peruviana (Willd.) O.E. Schulz
= Ambrosia paniculata var. cumanensis (Kunth) O.E. Schulz
ASTERACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Honduras, Panama: altamisa creole speaking countries: ambwazi, labsent mawon, tanézi Dominican Republic: artamisa
Related health problems: colics, headhache, stomach pain

Anacardium occidentale L.
ANACARDIACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Panama: marañón creole speaking countries: nwa kajou, po’m kajou
Related health problems: diarrhoea

Anethum graveolens L.
= Peucedanum anethum Baill.
= Peucedanum graveolens Benth & Hook
APIACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: creole speaking countries: aneth, faux-anis, fénouy bata, lanni Dominican Republic: hinojo (en RD y Cuba, el nombre vernáculo "hinojo" designa indistintamente a Anethum graveolens y a Foeniculum vulgare)
Related health problems: abdominal pain, flatulence, stomach pain

Argemone mexicana L.
= Argemone spinosa Moench
= Argemone vulgaris Spach
PAPAVERACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Dominican Republic: cardosanto creole speaking countries: chadwon béni, chadwon mabré, zèb dragon
Related health problems: stomach pain

Beta vulgaris L.
CHENOPODIACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Haiti: bètrouj creole speaking countries: betterave Dominican Republic: remolacha
Related health problems: amenorrhoea, asthenia, weakness

Bixa orellana L.
= Bixa odorata Ruiz & Par. ex G. Don
= Bixa americana Poiret
BIXACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Dominican Republic: bija Haiti: woukou
Related health problems: burning

Brassica rapa L.
BRASSICACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: creole speaking countries: choud-chyn, navet Dominica: turnip
Related health problems: pneumopathy

Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC.
= Dolichos ensiformis L.
FABACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Dominican Republic: haba Haiti: pwa maldjók
Related health problems: burning, evil eye

Capsicum annuum L.
= Capsicum frutescens L.
SOLANACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Dominican Republic: ají caribe St Vincent: pepper bush Haiti: piman caraïbe, piman zwézo
Related health problems: boil, ganglionar inflammation

Cardiospermum halicacabum L.
= Corindum halicacabum (L.) Medik.
SAPINDACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Martinique: boné karé
Related health problems: pruritus (itch)

Carica papaya L.
CARICACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Haiti: papay Guatemala, Nicaragua: papaya Dominica: pawpaw
Related health problems: boil, urethritis

Catalpa longissima
= Catalpa longissima (Jacq.) Dum. Cours.
= Bignonia longissima Jacq.
BIGNONIACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Haiti: bwa dchèn, bwadoèn creole speaking countries: chèn nwè, pwa dou mawon, radégond Dominican Republic: roble
Related health problems: amenorrhoea, fever, stomach pain

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don
= Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb
= Vinca rosea L.
APOCYNACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Honduras: guajaca creole speaking countries: kaka poul, karaktè dezosm blan, zèb sosyé Cuba: vicaria, vicaria blanca
Related health problems: conjunctivitis

Chamissoa altissima (Jacq.) Kunth
= Achyranthes altissima Jacq.
= Celosia paniculata L.
AMARANTHACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Haiti: lyann panye
Related health problems: asthenia, weakness

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