BLAKE GUATEMALAN PLANT NAMES. 99 



Sterculia carthaginensis Cav. Mano de le6n. Sterculiaceae. 



Stigmaphyllon mucronatum (DC.) A. Juss. Bejuco de eat6n. 



Malpighiaceae. 



A twining herb. The fruit is said to be whitish with a blackish seed, and to be 

 eaten by rats. 

 Stylosanthes guyanensis (Aubl.) Swartz. Yerba del campo. Fabaceae. 



An herb with small trifoliolate leaves and yellow flowers. An infusion of the 

 plant is taken for pains in the side. 

 Sunco. See Licania platypus. 

 Suquinay. See Vernonia aschenborniana. 

 Sweetia panamensis Benth. Chichipate. Fabaceae. 



A tree up to 30 meters high. The wood is used for posts, ties, and houses. 

 Swietenia macrophylla King. Caoba. Meliaceae. 



This, the Honduras mahogany, occurs on the eastern coast of Central America 

 from Campeche to Honduras and for an undetermined distance southward, and 

 is at present the most important species of mahogany commercially. 

 Symphonia globulifera L. f. Varillo. Cltjsiaceae. 



Tabaquillo. See Chelonanthus acutangulus. 

 Tabernaeniontana amblyblasta Blake. 11 Chapupo. Cojon de gato. Coj6n 



DE MICO. APOCYNACEAE. 



A shrub about 5 meters high, with panicles of creamy-yellow flowers and oppo- 

 site entire leaves. The fruit is said to be green or yellow. The milky juice of 

 this plant is mixed with chicle for local use. It is also put on the flesh with a 

 piece of tobacco leaf to draw out carnivorous insect larvae. 

 Talauma poasana Pittier (?). Yoroconte. Magnoliaceae. 



A tree up to 40 meters high. The wood is used for posts and house construe 

 tion. 



Tamarindo. See Dialium divuricatum, also Terminalia sp. 

 Tamarindo prieto. See Dialium divaricatum. 

 Tambor. See Ochroma bicolor. 

 Tapaculo. See Ouazuma ulmifolia. 

 Te, See Eupatorium pycnocephalum. 

 Tecoma pentaphylla Juss. Mactjelizo ( ? ) . Mano de leon. Bignoniaceae. 



A tree up to 25 meters high, with palmately compound leaves and large pink 

 flowers. The wood is used in house building. 



Tecoma sp. Cortez. Bignoniaceae. 



Tempisque. See Sideroxylon tempisque. 

 Terminalia sp. Naranjo. Quebracho. SisfN. Tamarindo. Combretaceae. 



The wood of this tree is used for ties and general construction. 

 Thevetia plumeriaefolia Benth. Cojon de gato. Apocynaceae. 



Toluifera pereirae (Klotzsch) Baill. Salvador balsam. Fabaceae. 



This tree grows on the mountain crests around La Florida, Honduras, and a 

 small amount of the balsam is extracted for commercial purposes. 

 Tomate. See Lycopersicum eseulentum cerasiforme. 

 Tomatillo. See Solarium torvum. 

 Trespuntas. See Neurolaena lobata. 

 Tridax procumbens L. Ctjra-gusano. Asteraceae. 



A trailing herb with creamy-yellow rays and yellow disk. The leaves are put 

 on the flesh to kill carnivorous insect larvae. 

 Trigo de montana. See Homolepis aturensis. 



11 For illustration see Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 24 : pi. 6. 1922. 



