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Hog plum. See Spondias lutea. 
Hog weed. See Boerhavia. 
Hoja de yagua. 
The leaf base of the royal palm. 
Hoja menuda. See Calyptranthes sintenisti, Eugenia biflora ludibunda, E. 
buaifolia, E. ligustrina, E. monticola, E. potretii, E. procera, Myrcia cori- 
acea, M. paniculata, and M. splendens. 
A tree from all parts of the island; height, 12 to 15 feet (8.5 to 4.5 meters); 
diameter, 8 to 10 inches. Wood, ash colored, hard; specific gravity, 0.822; used 
for stakes. (Exp. 1857.) 
Grosourdy adds (2: 390) that the wood is flexible, fibrous, and moderately 
resistant. Used also to make charcoal. 
Homalium racemosum. Tostapo. 
Family Flacourtiaceae; a tree 5 to 8 meters high, found on mountains and in 
waste places. (Stahl, 4: 161.) 
Hordeum vulgare. CEBADA. 
Barley is not raised in the island, but is imported in small quantities, mostly 
for making soups and for barley water, which is used as a drink. 
Horse bean. See Canavalia gladiata. 
Horseradish tree. See Moringa pterygosperma. 
Hortegon. 
Hansard gives this wood a specific gravity of 1.25. It varies in color from deep 
red to black and is very durable and hard. The leaf is large. When making 
boundaries a piece 2 or 3 feet long is put in the ground and lasts indefinitely. 
Hortegon labrado. 
A wild tree not commonly met with, and then only in the northeast part of the 
island. It reaches a height of 60 feet, and the diameter of the long straight trunk 
is not over 2 feet. It furnishes a very coarse, flesh-colored wood of the greatest 
durability. It breaks with difficulty with a vertical fracture. Its common use 
is for shelving in houses. (Grosourdy, 2: 390.) 
Specific gravity, 1.207. (Exp. 1857.) 
Hortegon prieto. 
A tree from all parts of the island; height, 75 to 80 feet; diameter, 20 to 25 
inches. Wood dark, very hard; specific gravity, 1.064: used for cabinet work. 
(Exp. 1857.) 
Grosourdy says this is but a variety of ‘‘hortegon labrado.”’ The only differ- 
ence being the brown-colored wood. It is used in the same way. (Grosourdy, 
2: 390.) 
Hortones. 
A variety of banana or plantain mentioned by Hill, but not described. 
Hoya carnosa. 
An ornamental plant of the milkweed family, introduced from the Malay region 
and now naturalized in several of the West Indies. 
Huear. 
‘* Bois immortelle,’’ good for coffee and cacao shades; specific gravity, 1.06 
(Hansard). See also ‘‘ bucar’’ and ‘*‘ ucar.”’ 
Probably refers to Erythrina poeppigiana. 
Hucar amarillo. 
A tree from all parts of the island; height, 80 to 85 feet (24 to 25 meters); 
diameter, 50 to 55 inches (125 to 137 centimeters). Wood yellowish, very hard; 
specific gravity, 1.080; used in boat building. (Exp. 1857.) 



