| PLANTAS MEDICINALES | MEDICINAL PLANTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayahuasca | Banisteriopsis caapi | Soul vine |
| 2 | Achiote | Bixa orellana | Annatto |
| 3 | Albaza | Ocinum micranthum | Basil |
| 4 | Caña agria | Costus sp. | Bitter cane |
| 5 | Capirona | Calycophyllum spruceanum | Naked tree |
| 6 | Catahua | Hura crepitans | Catahua |
| 7 | Cola de caballo | Equisetum sp. | |
| 8 | Copaiba | Copaifera rebiculata | Copal |
| 9 | Escalera del mono | Bauhunia guianensis | Monkeys ladder |
| 10 | Chirie Sanaga | Brunfelsia grandiflora | Fever tree |
| 11 | Bombonaje | Carludovica palmata | Panama hat palm |
| 12 | Curave | Chondrodendron tomentosum | Curare |
| 13 | Café | Coffea sp. | Coffe |
| 14 | Sangre de grado | Croton lechleri | Dragon´s blood |
| 15 | Jergon sacha | Dracontium loretense | Fer de lance plant |
| 16 | Amamisa o pisonay | Erythrina fusca | Swamp inmortelle |
| 17 | Coca | Erthroxylon coca | Coca bush |
| 18 | Huito | Genipa americana | Genipar |
| 19 | Algodón | Gussyplum sp. | Cotton |
| 20 | Enredadera | Ipumea qu | Cypress vine |
| 21 | Santa María | Lephianthes peltada | Santa maria |
| 22 | Ayo sacha | Mansaa alliacea | Wild garlic |
| 23 | Charni o sensitiva | Mimosa pudiea | Sensitive plant |
| 24 | Mucuna o Vaca ñahui | Muerma rostrala | Mucuna |
| 25 | Lechuga de agua | Pistia stratiotes | Water letucce |
| 26 | Uña de gato | Uncaria tomentosa | Cat`s claw |
| 27 | Bandera caspi | Warscewiczia coccinea | Flag tree |
| PLANTAS COMESTIBLES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cacao | Theobroma | Chocolate tree |
| 2 | Yuca | Manihot esculenta | Manioc |
| 3 | Platano | Musa sp. | Plantain - banana |
| 4 | Papaya | Carica papaya | Papaya |
| 5 | Anona | Annona rollinia | Custard apple |
| 6 | Caimito | Chrisophillum caimito | Caimito |
| 7 | Café | Coffea sp. | Coffe |
| 8 | Camote | Ipomoea batatas | Sweet potato |
| 9 | Carambola | Averroha carambola | Star fruit |
| 10 | Coca | Erythroxylon coca | Coca |
| 11 | Cocona | Solanum sessiliflorum | Cocona |
| 12 | Granadilla | Passiflora sp. | Pasion fruit |
| 13 | Huito | Genipa americana | Huito |
| 14 | Limón | Citrus aurantifolia | Lemon |
| 15 | Mango | Mangifera indaca | Mango |
| 16 | Pacay | Inga fullei | Pacay |
| 17 | Palta | Persea americana | Avocado |
| 18 | Piña | Ananas comosus | Pineapple |
| 19 | Tumbo | Passiflora quadrangularis | Giant granadilla |
| 20 | Pan de árbol | Artocarpus altilis | Bread fruit |
| 21 | Hierva luisa | Cymbopogon citratus | Lemon grass |
| 22 | Aguaje | Mauritia flexuosa | Moriche Palm |
| ARBOLES EMERGENTES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lupuna | Ceiba pentrada | Kapok tree |
| 2 | Cedro | Cedreta odorata | Spanish ceder |
| 3 | Caoba | Swietenia | Mahogany |
| 4 | Copaiba | Copaifera | Copal |
| 5 | Shihuahuaco | Dipterix micranta | Iron tree |
| 6 | Catahua | Hura crepitans | Catahua |
| 7 | Lagarto caspi | Calophyluum brasiliense | Lagarto caspi |
| 8 | Castaña | Bertoleta excelsia | Brasilia nut |
| 9 | Sapote | Quararibea cordata | Sapote |
| 10 | Tahuari | Anthodiseus peruanus | Tahuari |
| 11 | Caucho | Hevea brasiliensis | Rubber tree |
| 12 | Capirona | Calycophylum spruceanum | Naked tree |
| PLANTAS COLONIZADORAS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cetico | Cecropia sp. | Pioner tree |
| 2 | Balsa | Ochroma pyramidale | Balsa wood |
| 3 | Pajaro bobo | Tessaria integrifolia | |
| 4 | Sauce | Salix Humboldtiana | |
| 5 | Palo santo | Bursera graveolens | |
| 6 | Oje | Ficus insipida | Doctor oje |
| 7 | Caña brava | Gyneriun sagittatum | Giant cane |
| 8 | Shimbillo | Inga | Shimbillo |
| 9 | Pisonay | Erythrina amazonica | Amazonian coral tree |
Caral is the oldest civilization in the Americas, having developed almost simultaneously with the civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China. [more...]
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