The Maya Forest Garden
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GPS Map of Forest Gardens
Dominant species of the Maya forest In the Traditional Maya Gardens
In Order of Dominance
Number of Forest Gardens
Containing Each Species
Attalea cohune (corozo)........................................................
Alseis yucatanensis (wild mamey)......................................
Bursera simarouba (gumbolinbo).......................................
Pouteria reticulata (zapote negro)......................................
Vitex gaumeri (fiddlewood).................................................
Cryosophila stauracantha (give-and-take.........................
Sabal morrisiana (bay leaf palm)........................................
Swietenia macrophylla (mahogany)...................................
Spondias radlkoferi (hogplum)............................................
Simira salvadorensis (john crow redwood)........................
Licania platypus (succotz)....................................................
Tabebuia rosea (mayflower)................................................
Pouteria campechiana (zapotillo)........................................
Manilkara zapota (chicle).....................................................
Lonchocarpus castilloi (manchich)......................................
Zuelania guidonia (tamay)...................................................
Brosimum alicastrum (ramon)............................................
Piscidia piscipula (jabin).......................................................
Aspidosperma cruentum (malerio.....................................
Talisia oliviformis (kinep)....................................................
12
5
10
1
4
7
14
2
8
9
7
3
3
11
6
4
14
8
3
12