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Bejuco inglés. See Capparis jamaicensis. 
Bejuco prieto. See Paunilinia pinnata, Hippocratea ovata, and Rudolphia 
volubilis. 
Bejuquillo de puerco. See /pomocu triloba, 
Bellorita. See Krigeron bellioides. 
Ben. See Moringa moringa. 
Ben nut. See Moringa moringa., 
Berengena. See Solanimn melongena. 
Berengena cimarrona. See Solanum torvwn and S. inelusum. 
Berengena de marimbo. See Solan mammosum. 
Berengena de paloma. See Solanum virgatum, S. callicarpifolium and 8S, 
lentum. 
Berengena de playa. See Solanum persicaefolium 
Berengena jamaiquifia. See Solaniwm jamaicense. 
Bergamota. See Citrus medica. 
Berica. 
This name is noted as being used near Toa Alta for a shrub said to produce an 
edible fruit (no, 893) probably a species of Eugenia. At Vega Baja ‘* berica’’ or 
*perica Cimarron’ was a species of Acalypha (no. 1035). 
Berros. See Rorippu officinalis. 
Bertholletia excelsa. Brazi. Nur. 
A large tree belonging to the family Lecythidaceae, and yielding the Brazil 
or Para nuts of commerce. A tree 100 to 150 feet high, distributed throughout 
northeastern South America to the Island of Trinidad. It has been cultivated in 
Jamaica and probably in other islands. 
Berugillo. 
A wood not much used; specific gravity 0.73; abundant in the hills. (Hansard. ) 
Betel palm. See Areca catechu. 
Bichy. See Cola acuminata. 
Bidens bipinnata. MANZANILLA NEGRA. 
An annual composite weed, (Stahl, 5: 128.) 
Bidens coreopsidis. See Bidens rubifolia. 
Bidens pilosa. MaANZANILLA DEL PAIS. 
An annual weed: found in all parts of the island, It seems to be more often 
called ** margarita.’ (Stahl, 5: 127.) 
Bidens rubifolia. MaAnzaNniILLA TREPADORA. 
Reported as B. coreopsidis. (Stahl, 5: 129.) 
Bignonia aequinoctialis. Liana pE LA SIERRA. 
Family Bignoniaceae; a shrubby climber. According to Bello this is called 
**bejuco blanco.”’ (Stahl. 6: 177.) 
Bignonia caryophyllea. Brsuco pr cLAvo. 
A vine with large aromatic roots which are used to color and impart a pleasant 
odor torum. (Stahl, 6: 180.) 
Bignonia odorata. LIANA FRAGRANTE, 
A woody climber growing in waste places on the coast. (Stahl, 6: 178.) 
Bignonia unguis. See Bignonia unguis-cati, 
Bignonia unguis-cati. Liana uNADA. 
A shrubby climber with sharp claw-like tendrils. Specimens were collected at 
Guayanillo by Sintenis. Bello calls this *‘ pegapola."’ (Stahl, 6: 179.) 
