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poppy (Argemone mexicana L.), for ornamental purposes or for 
medicine; "camanchile" (Pithecolobium duke Benth.), for its 
tanbark and its edible fruit; "aroma" (Acacia farnesiaTUX Willd.) 
for its fragrant flowers; "ipel-ipel" (Leucaena glauca Benth.), 
as a hedge plant; the sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica L.), for 
ornamental purposes; "cabellero" (Caesalpinia pulcherrima 
Sw.), for ornamental purposes; "acapulco" (Cassia alata L.)» 
for medicinal purposes; the peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.), for 
food; indigo (Indigofera suffncticosa Mill.), for dye; "madre 
cacao" (Gliricidia septum Steud.), for hedgesand for ornamental 
purposes ; the lima bean (Phaseohis lunatus L.) , for food ; the yam 
bean (Pachyrrhizus erosus Urb.), for its edible root; the bilimbi 
and carambola (Averrhoa bilimbi L., and A, carambola L.), for 
their edible fruits; physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.), for medi- 
cine, as well as /. multifida L. for ornamental purposes ; cassava 
(Manihot utilissima Pohl), for food; the cashew nut (Anacar- 
dium occidentale L,) for its edible fruit; "ciruelas" (Spondias 
purpurea L.) for its edible fruit; cotton (Gossypium braziliense 
Macf,), for textile purposes; cacao (Theobroma cacao L.), the 
source of chocolate and cacao; acheute (Bixa orellana L.), for 
dye; the papaya (Carica papaya L.)> for its edible fruit; various 
species of cacti (Nopalea and Cereus), for ornamental purposes; 
the guava (Psidium guajava L.), for its edible fruit; the "chico 
(Ac/iras sapota L.), for its edible fruit; the "chicb mamey" 
(Lucuma mammosa L.), for its edible fruit; the "sapote negro" 
(Diospyros ebenaster Retz.), for its edible fruit; the temple 
flower (Pbimeria acutifolia Poir.), for its fragrant flowers; the 
periwinkle (Lochnera rosea Reichb.), for its ornamental flowers; 
"campanello" (Thevetia neriifolla Juss. and Allamanda cathar- 
tica L.), for ornamental and medicinal purposes; some species 
of convolvuli (Ipomoea nil Roth, Quamoclit pinnata Boj., Colo- 
nictyon aculeatum House), for ornamental purposes, and the 
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas Poir.), for food; lantana (Lan- 
tana camara L.), for ornamental purposes; "dama de noche" 
(Cestrum nocturnum L.), for its fragrant flowers; tobacco (Ni- 
cotiana tabacum L.) ; the tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum 
Mill.) ; the peppers (Capsicum fnttescens L. and C. annuum L,), 
for condiments and for food; some ornamental Bignoniaceae 
(Crescentia alata HBK, and Tecoma stans Juss.); (?) the 
squash (Curcubita maxima Duch.), for food; some ornamental 
Compositae (Tagetes erecta L., Heliarithus annuus L., Cosmos 
caudutus HBK., and C sulphureus Cav.), and "ayapana" (Eupa- 
torium triplinerve Vahl), for medicine. 
