List of plants with significant TRAMIL use in: Guatemala

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

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

Chenopodium ambrosioides L.
= Chenopodium anthelminthium L
= Teloxys ambrosioides (L.) W. A. Webe
CHENOPODIACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic: apazote, epazote Panama: paico Venezuela: pazote Haiti: simen-kontra, feuilles à vers Martinique: simen-kontra, zèb avè, herbe à vers Dominica: wormweed Colombia: yerba santa, paico
Related health problems: stomach pain, cutaneous ulcers, diarrhoea, intestinal parasites

Cocos nucifera L.
ARECACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Honduras, Guatemala, Dominican Republic: cocotero Dominica, St Vincent: coco-tree, coconut tree creole speaking countries: pyé koko
Related health problems: flu, asthma, burning, urinary infection, arthritis (joint pain), , kidney stone, boil, boil

Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf
= Andropogon citratus DC
POACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Antigua, Barbados, St Vincent: fever grass, lemon grass Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic: limoncillo Venezuela: molojillo criollo Guatemala: té de limón Honduras, Costa Rica, Quintana Roo: zacate limón, té limón, zacate té Martinique, St Lucia, Dominica: zacate té, sitwonnèl
Related health problems: cough, flu, fever, colds, flatulence, stomach pain, diarrhoea

Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers.
= Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Kur
CRASSULACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Dominican Republic: bruja Honduras, Guatemala: hoja del aire Costa Rica: leaf of life Haiti: lou gawou, fey choche San Andrés: tree of life Martinique: zèb maltèt
Related health problems: cough, colds, headhache, vomiting

Lantana camara L
= Lantana armata Schaue
VERBENACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: creole speaking countries: bwa jenou, marikrab, milflè, vèvèn, zèb piten Venezuela: cariaquito, cariaquillo Dominica: mabizou, red sage Guatemala: siete negritos
Related health problems: flu, flu, flu, pneumopathy , skin diseases, fever

Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.
SOLANACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: creole speaking countries: tomadoz, tonmat Haiti: tomat Guatemala, Dominican Republic: tomate
Related health problems: burning, sapito (mouth candidiasis), toothache

Mangifera indica L.
ANACARDIACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: St Lucia, Guatemala, Haiti: mango
Related health problems: cough, pneumopathy , bronchitis with expectoration, asthenia, weakness, indigestion

Matricaria recutita L.
= Matricaria chamomilla L.
= Matricaria courrantiana DC.
= Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauscher
ASTERACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Honduras, Guatemala, Colombia: manzanilla
Related health problems: menstrual pain, expulsion of placenta, stomach pain, colics, diarrhoea

Momordica charantia L.
CUCURBITACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Haiti: asorosi Honduras: calaica Barbados: cerasee Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Dominican Republic: cundeamor Dominica: kokoul Antigua: maiden blush creole speaking countries: manjé kouli, pawoka, ponm zendyen, ti konkonb kouli Guatemala, Costa Rica: sorosí
Related health problems: pruritus (itch), dry skin conditions, lice (pediculosis), colds, skin rash, boil

Ocimum basilicum L.
= Ocimum americanum L
LAMIACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Guatemala: albahaca Dominica: basilik, fon bazin
Related health problems: earache, stomach pain, vomiting

Ocimum gratissimum L.
LAMIACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Dominican Republic: albahaca vaca Haiti: atiyayo, gwo fonbazen Guatemala: basen creole speaking countries: bazik, benjwen, gwoboné St Lucia: vanne van
Related health problems: abdominal pain, abdominal pain, flatulence, miasis

Persea americana Mill.
= Persea gratissima Gaertn
LAURACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Quintana Roo: aguacate Martinique: zaboka
Related health problems: cough, asthma, bronchitis with expectoration, urinary infection, flatulence, amenorrhoea

Petiveria alliacea L.
PHYTOLACCACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Panama, Colombia, Dominican Republic: anamú Guatemala: apacín Haiti: ave Honduras: ipacina Dominica: koujourouk
Related health problems: flu, flu, flu, skin diseases, colds, headhache, headhache, toothache, rheumatism, clogged nose (sinusitis), digestive conditions (stomach pain, bad or slow digestion and intestinal gas, muscle pain

Piper auritum Kunth
= Schilleria aurita Kunt
PIPERACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Guatemala: hoja de Santa María creole speaking countries: ké (a) rat
Related health problems: hypertension

Psidium guajava L.
MYRTACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Martinique, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Haiti: goyav, gwayav Grenada: guava Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Quintana Roo: guayaba
Related health problems: nervous breakdown, nervous breakdown, juma (vertigo and weakness), vomiting, diarrhoea, diarrhoea, diarrhoea, diarrhoea, diarrhoea, diarrhoea, rash

Senna alata (L.) Roxb.
= Cassia alata L
FABACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Guatemala: barajo creole speaking countries: bwa dartre, datyé, kas pyant, zèb a dat Dominican Republic: guajabo Martinique: kasyalata St Vincent: river grava, river senna Venezuela: tarantantán
Related health problems: skin conditions, skin conditions, fungal growth (mycosis between fingers or toes), tinea, paño (pityriasis versicolor), pimples

Senna occidentalis (L.) Link
= Cassia occidentalis L
CAESALPINIACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: creole speaking countries: balambala, digo, kafé bata, kafé nèg, zépyant Dominican Republic: bruca Dominica: café moucha Honduras, Guatemala: frijolillo Haiti: terrier rouge
Related health problems: fever, fever, injury, sore, headhache, stomach pain, stomach pain, jaundice, “bad blood” (enmity; vindictiveness), skin conditions, tinea, body ache, body ache, sorethroat

Sida rhombifolia L.
MALVACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Dominica: balier savanne, balè onz euw creole speaking countries: balyé dizè, wadé-wadé Guatemala: escobillo
Related health problems: twist, urethritis

Solanum americanum Mill.
= Solanum nigrum var. americanum (Mill.) O. E. Schul
SOLANACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: creole speaking countries: agouman, alaman, zèb anmè, zèb a kalalou Guatemala: hierbamora, macuy, quilete Venezuela: yerba mora
Related health problems: culebrilla (herpes zoster), culebrilla (herpes zoster), abnormal vaginal discharge

Solanum nigrescens M. Martens & Galeotti
SOLANACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Guatemala: hierba mora, macuy, quilete
Related health problems: abnormal vaginal discharge

Solanum tuberosum L.
SOLANACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Guatemala, Colombia, Costa Rica: papa creole speaking countries: ponm di tè
Related health problems: calvicie, headhache, gastroduodenal ulcer, hematoma / bruise

Tagetes lucida Cav.
ASTERACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Guatemala: pericón, iyá, jolomocox, hierba de San Juan creole speaking countries: pisanli
Related health problems: stomach pain

Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz-Bip
= Chrysanthemum parthenium (L.) Bernh
ASTERACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Guatemala: altamiza creole speaking countries: kanmonmiy, sept villes Martinique: mant glasyal
Related health problems: stomach pain, colics

Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash
= Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Robert
POACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Honduras, Guatemala: valeriana Haiti: vetivè
Related health problems: cough, abdominal pain, fever, urinary infection, headhache, stomach pain, insomnia, insomnia, nervousness

Zingiber officinale Roscoe
ZINGIBERACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Puerto Rico, St Lucia, Antigua, Dominica, Barbados, St Vincent: ginger Honduras, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Costa Rica: jengibre creole speaking countries: jenjanb, gingembre
Related health problems: cough, flu, asthma, fever, colds, flatulence, stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, whooping cough, indigestion, catarrh

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