Flora El Cuchubo
Flora El Cuchubo es un inventario de las especies de árboles, arbustos y otras plantas vasculares existentes en el Jardín Botánico El Cuchubo, localizado cerca del centro histórico de la ciudad de Santa Cruz de Mompox. Este inventario fue elaborado por Juan Guillermo Ramírez Arango en 1995, con base en sus observaciones en el El Cuchubo en 1994 y 1995 y las de Francisco Javier Roldán Palacio, llevadas a cabo en 1992-1993.
Es muy posible que un gran número de árboles aquí listados ya no se encuentren, pues en una visita reciente a El Cuchubo se evidenció su deterioro general.
| ANEXO 3. | FLORA DEL JARDIN BOTANICO "EL CUCHUBO" | ||||
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| DEPARTAMENTO DE BOLIVAR | |||||
| MUNICIPIO DE MOMPOX | |||||
| Nombre vernáculo | Género | especie | Familia | Procedencia | uso |
| Abarco | Cariniana | pyriformis Miers. | LECYTHIDACEAE | Uraba | Maderable, construccion |
| Abeto | Cassia | siamea | CAESALPINIACEAE | Asia | Maderable, construccion |
| Acacia japonesa | Cassia | spectabilis | CAESALPINIACEAE | Japon | Ornamental |
| Acacia roja | Delonix | regia | CAESALPINIACEAE | Girardot | Ornamental |
| Aceituna | Vitex | cymosa | VERBENACEAE | ||
| Achiote amarillo | Bixa | orellana L. var. | BIXACEAE | Peru | Medicinal, industrial |
| Achiote rojo criollo | Bixa | orellana L. | BIXACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal, industrial |
| Achiote rojo liso | Bixa | orellana L. var. | BIXACEAE | USA | Medicinal, industrial |
| Achiote rojo cuatro tapas | Bixa | orellana L. var. | BIXACEAE | Costa Rica | Medicinal, industrial |
| Achiote rojo peludo | Bixa | orellana L. var. | BIXACEAE | USA | Medicinal, industrial |
| Adormidera | Mimosa | pudica L. | MIMOSACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal |
| Aguacate | Persea | americana | LAURACEAE | Carmen de Bolivar | Comestible |
| Ajenjo | Arthemisa | absynum | ASTERACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal |
| Alconcito | Aristolochia | anguicida Jacquin | ARISTOLOQUIACEAE | Costa Caribe | Medicinal |
| Algarrobo | Hymenaea | courbaril | CAESALPINIACEAE | Costa Caribe | Comestible, maderable |
| Almacigo | Bursera | simarouba | BURSERACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal, cercas |
| Almendro de monte | Caryocar | glabrum | CARYOCARACEAE | Alto Sinu | Maderable, frutal |
| Almendro de parque | Terminalia | catappa | COMBRETACEAE | Mompox | Ornamental, maderable |
| Almendro sarrapio | Orinoquia | Industrial | |||
| Albahaca de anis | Ocimum | basilicum | LAMIACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal |
| Albahaca de clavo | LAMIACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal | ||
| Albahaca morada | LAMIACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal | ||
| Ambar | Abrus | precatorius | FABACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal, venenoso |
| Ambara | MALVACEAE | Argentina | Medicinal | ||
| Amor seco | Desmodium | FABACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal, forraje | |
| Anamu | Petiveria | alliacea | PHYTOLACCACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal |
| Anon de berruga | Annona | squamosa | ANNONACEAE | Mompox | Comestible |
| Anon liso | Rollinia | ANNONACEAE | Mompox | Comestible | |
| Anturio | Anthurium | ARACEAE | Valle | Ornamental | |
| Anturio negro | Anthurium | ARACEAE | Alto Sinu | Ornamental | |
| Arara | Capparis | CAPPARACEAE | Magdalena | Medicinal, maderable | |
| Arbol de Maria | Calophyllum | mariae | CLUSIACEAE | Bolivia | Ornamental, maderable |
| Arbol del pan | Altocarpus | altilis | MORACEAE | Mompox | Comestible |
| Arbol de vela | Parmentiera | BIGNONIACEAE | Uraba | Medicinal, frutal | |
| Ariza | Brownea | ariza | CAESALPINIACEAE | Taraza | Ornamental |
| Arbol cola de caballo | Brownea | rosademonte | CAESALPINIACEAE | Ure | Ornamental |
| Arnica | Senecio | formosus | ASTERACEAE | Antioquia | Medicinal |
| Astromelia | Lagerstroemia | indica | LYTHRACEAE | Mompox | Ornamental |
| Avedul | Venezuela | Medicinal | |||
| Azafran frances | Curcuma | lonja | ZINGIBERACEAE | India | Medicinal, industrial, tinte |
| Azahar de la India | Murraya | exotica | RUTACEAE | China | Ornamental |
| Azota caballo | Capparis | baducca | CAPPARACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal |
| Bairrum | Pimenta | racemosa | MYRTACEAE | Brasil | Medicinal, Industrial |
| Balaustre | Centrolobium | yavisanum | FABACEAE | Cordoba | Maderable |
| Balsamina | Momordica | charantia | CUCURBITACEAE | Magdalena Medio | Medicinal, diabetes |
| Balsamo de Tolu | Myroxylon | balsamum | FABACEAE | Magdalena Medio | Medicinal, maderable |
| Balso | Ochroma | lagopus | BOMBACACEAE | Uraba | Industrial, pulpa |
| Bambu amarillo | Bambusa | POACEAE | China | Ornamental, construccion | |
| Bambu verde | Bambusa | guadua | POACEAE | China | Ornamental, construccion |
| Baston del emperador | Hedichium | maximum | ZINGIBERACEAE | Filipinas | Ornamental |
| Begonia | Begonia | rex | BEGONIACEAE | Costa Pacifica | Ornamental |
| Bejuco de cadena | Bauhinia | guianensis | FABACEAE | Alto Sinu | Medicinal |
| Bencenuco | Hamelia | patens | RUBIACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal |
| Bicho hembra | Senna | alata | CAESALPINIACEAE | Mompox | Protector de suelo |
| Bicho macho | Senna | reticulata | CAESALPINIACEAE | Mompox | Protector de suelo |
| Bihao montano gordal | Heliconia | bihai | HELICONIACEAE | Alto Sinu | Aresanal |
| Bleo de chupa | Pereskia | bleo | CACTACEAE | Alto Sinu | Medicinal |
| Bolombolo | Sombrio, lena | ||||
| Bombito | CAESALPINIACEAE | Costa Atlantica | Protector de suelo | ||
| Bomguito | Cavanilesia | platanifolia | BOMBACACEAE | Mompox | Ornamental |
| Borojo | Borojoa | patinoi | RUBIACEAE | Costa Pacifica | Frutal |
| Borraja | Borrajo | officinalis | BORAGINACEAE | Alto Sinu | Medicinal |
| Brincaperbrinca | Medicinal | ||||
| Buque de novia | Ixora | coccinea | RUBIACEAE | Mompox | Ornamental |
| Bejuco de malibu | Mompox | Amarre | |||
| Bejuco de coral vegetal | FABACEAE | Cauca | Industrial | ||
| Boton de oro | Helichrysum | orientale | ASTERACEAE | Ornamental | |
| Cacao hibrido | Theobroma | cacao Linnaeus | STERCULIACEAE | Medellin | Frutal, industrial |
| Cacho de chivo | Sanseviera | trifasciata | AMARILIDACEAE | Medellin | Ornamental |
| Cachicamo | Llanos Orientales | Maderable, ornamental | |||
| Cadillo amor seco | Triumfeta | mollisima | TILIACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal |
| Cadillo de bolsa | Priva | lappulacea (L.) Persoon | TILIACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal |
| Cadillo de panela | TILIACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal | ||
| Cafe arabigo | Coffea | arabiga | RUBIACEAE | Arabia | Frutal, industrial |
| Cafe caturra | Coffea | arabiga var. | RUBIACEAE | Arabia | Frutal, industrial |
| Cafetillo | Picramnia | SIMAROUBACEAE | Monteria | Ornamental | |
| Caimito morado | Chrysophyllum | cainito | SAPOTACEAE | Mompox | Frutal |
| Caimito serebre | SAPOTACEAE | Alto Sinu | Frutal | ||
| Caimo | SAPOTACEAE | Costa Pacifica | Frutal | ||
| Calaguala | Polypodium | POLYPODIACEAE | Alto Sinu | Medicinal | |
| Calentura | Juan Arias (Bol.) | Medicinal, maderable | |||
| Camajon (Pinon) | Sterculia | apeala | STERCULIACEAE | Mompox | Maderable |
| Cambulo (Pisamo) | Erythrina | poeppigiana | FABACEAE | Llanos Orientales | Maderable, ornamental |
| Camia (Camio) | Camangium | odoratum | ANNONACEAE | Valle del Cauca | Industrial |
| Campano (Saman) | Pihecellobium | saman | MIMOSACEAE | Mompox | Canoas, ebanisteria |
| Candia | Hibiscus | esculentus | MALVACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal |
| Canime | Copaifera | officinalis | CAESALPINIACEAE | Alto Sinu | Medicinal, maderable |
| Canistel | Pouteria | SAPOTACEAE | Cuba | Frutal | |
| Cantarida medicinal | Carmen de Bolivar | Medicinal | |||
| Canafistula de burro | Cassia | spectabilis | CAESALPINIACEAE | Planeta rica | Medicinal |
| Canagria | Costus | villosissimus | ZINGIBERACEAE | Alto Sinu | Medicinal |
| Canaguate | Tabebuia | dugandii | BIGNONIACEAE | Guajira | Maderable, ornamental |
| Canandonga de tesago | Cassia | grandis | CAESALPINIACEAE | Mompox | Frutal, medicinal, maderable |
| Caobo dominicano | Swietenia | mahagoni | MELIACEAE | R. Dominicana | Maderable |
| Caobo colombiano | Swietenia | macrophylla | MELIACEAE | Colombia | Maderable |
| Capacho amarillo | Canna | glauca | CANNACEAE | Medellin | Ornamental |
| Capacho rojo | Canna | CANNACEAE | Medellin | Ornamental | |
| Capacho rosado | Canna | CANNACEAE | Medellin | Ornamental | |
| Caracoli | Anacardium | excelsum | ANACARDIACEAE | Mompox | Maderable, canoas |
| Carbonero | MIMOSACEAE | Ure | Maderable, postes, lena | ||
| Carambola | Averrhoa | carambola | AXALIDACEAE | Centroamerica | Frutal |
| Cardon caravaca | EUPHORBIACEAE | Guajira | Ornamental | ||
| Cardon corriente | CACTACEAE | Guajira | Ornamental | ||
| Cardon de columna | CACTACEAE | Guajira | Ornamental | ||
| Cardon de hoja | Opuntia | caribea | CACTACEAE | Guajira | Ornamental |
| Cardon japones | CACTACEAE | Ornamental | |||
| Cardosanto | Sylibum | marianum | ASTERACEAE | Estados Unidos | Ornamental |
| Carreto mamellon | Aspidosperma | plineura | APOCYNACEAE | Alto Sinu | Maderable, construccion |
| Carreto rojo | Aspidosperma | dugandii | APOCYNACEAE | Magdalena Medio | Maderable |
| Carrizo (Chusque) | Chusquea | POACEAE | Mompox | Artesanal | |
| Cacique | Turbaco | Ornamental | |||
| Caspin | Rhus | jugandifolia | ANACARDIACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal |
| Castano brasilero | Pachira | aquatica | BOMBACACEAE | Brasil | Frutal |
| Caucho amazonico | Hevea | brasiliensis | EUPHORBIACEAE | Brasil | Industrial |
| Caucho negro | Castilla | elastica | MORACEAE | Costa Pacifica | Industrial |
| Cebrina | Centro America | Ornamental | |||
| Cedro colorado | Cedrella | montana | MELIACEAE | Valle del Cauca | Maderable |
| Cedron | RUBIACEAE | Alto Sinu | Medicinal | ||
| Ceiba amarilla | Hura | crepitans | EUPHORBIACEAE | Islas Virgenes | Maderable, canoas |
| Ceiba de agua | Ceiba | pentandra | BOMBACACEAE | Mompox | Ornamental |
| Ceiba de Tolu | Bombacopsis | quinatum | BOMBACACEAE | Mompox | Maderable |
| Cerezo | Malpighia | glabra | MALPIGHIACEAE | Mompox | Frutal |
| Ciruelo | Spondias | purpurea | ANACARDIACEAE | Mompox | Frutal |
| Clavellina amarilla | Caesalpinia | pulcherrima | CAESALPINIACEAE | Mompox | Ornamental |
| Clavellina matizada | Caesalpinia | CAESALPINIACEAE | Mompox | Ornamental | |
| Clemon | Thespesia | populnea | MALVACEAE | Tolu | Ornamental, medicinal |
| Cobalonga | Thevetia | peruviana | APOCYNACEAE | Mompox | Ornamental |
| Coca | Erythroxylum | coca | ERYTHROXYLACEAE | Peru | Medicinal |
| Cojon de fraile | Taberneamontana | APOCYNACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal, madera, lena | |
| Cola de caballo | Equisetum | EQUISEACEAE | Cartagena | Medicinal | |
| Colchon japones | Japon | Medicinal, cesped | |||
| Contracapitana | Aristoloquia | anguicida | ARISTOLOCHIACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal |
| Cope | Ficus | MORACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal | |
| Coral amarillo | Ixora | coccinea | RUBIACEAE | Mompox | Ornamental |
| Coral rojo | RUBIACEAE | Mompox | Ornamental | ||
| Coralillo japones | Japon | Ornamental | |||
| Corazon de Maria | Choco | Ornamental | |||
| Cordoncillo | Piper | PIPERACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal | |
| Citronela | Cymbopogon | cytratus | POACEAE | Guatemala | Medicinal |
| Croto grano de oro | Codiaeum | variegatum | EUPHORBIACEAE | China | Ornamental |
| Croto manguito | EUPHORBIACEAE | China | Ornamental | ||
| Croto peinilla | EUPHORBIACEAE | China | Ornamental | ||
| Croto pestana | EUPHORBIACEAE | China | Ornamental | ||
| Croto trinche | EUPHORBIACEAE | China | Ornamental | ||
| Cruceto morado | RUBIACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal | ||
| Cucharo | Alto Sinu | Maderable, mangos | |||
| Culo de hierro | Aspidosperma | CLUSIACEAE | Alto Sinu | Maderable, construccion | |
| Curarina | Aristolochia | ARISTOLOCHIACEAE | Magdalena | Medicinal | |
| Cadillo de perro | Mompox | Medicinal | |||
| Chanca | Mompox | Medicinal | |||
| Chipaca | Mompox | Medicinal | |||
| Chirimoya | Annona | chirimoya | ANNONACEAE | Mompox | Frutal |
| Chirrinchao | Costa Pacifica | Medicinal | |||
| Dinde (Mora) | Maclura | tincoria | MORACEAE | Mompox | Maderable, industrial |
| Diomato (Gusanero) | Astronium | graveolens | ANACARDIACEAE | Magdalena Medio | Maderable, postes |
| Dividivi | Libidibia | coriaria | CAESALPINIACEAE | Guajira | Maderable, industrial |
| Dormidero | Mimosa | pudica | MIMOSACEAE | Llanos Orientales | Maderable, ornamental |
| Dormilon (Capitan) | Vochysia | ferruginea | VOCHYSIACEAE | Costa Pacifica | Maderable |
| Dracena marginata | Dracena | LILIACEAE | Africa | Ornamental | |
| Ebano | Caesalpinia | ebano | CAESALPINIACEAE | Magdalena Medio | Maderable, postes |
| Escobilla babosa | Melochia | villosa | STERCULIACEAE | Mompox | Protector de suelo |
| Escobilla menuda | URTICACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal | ||
| Esparrago | Asparagus | plumosus | LILIACEAE | Antioquia | Ornamental |
| Espino (Chichero) | Pithecellobium | lanceolatum | MIMOSACEAE | Mompox | Maderable, industrial |
| Eucalipto | Eucalipus | globulus | MYRTACEAE | Australia | Maderable, industrial |
| Fique | Furcraea | LILIACEAE | Santander | Medicinal, industrial | |
| Flor de la Habana | Cordoba | Ornamental | |||
| Flor de playa | Mompox | Ornamental | |||
| Flor de verano | Boungravillea | glabra | NYCTAGINACEAE | China | Ornamental |
| Florizanto | Brownea | CAESALPINIACEAE | Alto Sinu | Ornamental, medicinal | |
| Fruta de pava | Ardisia | turbacensis | MYRSINACEAE | Alto Sinu | Alimento de aves |
| Gemelina | Gmelina | VERBENACEAE | Malawi | Maderable | |
| Gitanilla | Llanos Orientales | Ornamental | |||
| Gonche bailarina | Hibiscus | MALVACEAE | China | Ornamental | |
| Gonche canastilla | Hibiscus | schizopetalus | MALVACEAE | China | Ornamental |
| Gonche resucitado | Hibiscus | rosasinensis | MALVACEAE | China | Ornamental |
| Gonche rosado | Hibiscus | grandiflorus | MALVACEAE | China | Ornamental |
| Grama de castilla | Medicinal | ||||
| Granada | Punica | granatum | PUNICACEAE | Mompox | Frutal |
| Grano de oro | Galpinia | glauca | Valle del Cauca | Ornamental | |
| Grosella | Phyllanthus | acidus | EUPHORBIACEAE | Mompox | Frutal |
| Guacamayo | Mompox | Maderable, lena | |||
| Guaco lloron | Mikania | guaco | ASTERACEAE | Antioquia | Medicinal |
| Guachaco | Mompox | Maderable, lena | |||
| Gualanday | Jacaranda | montana | BIGNONIACEAE | Tolima | Maderable, ornamental |
| Guaimaro | Poulsenia | armata | MORACEAE | Mompox | Frutal, maderable, lena |
| Guamacho | Pereskia | colombiana | CACTACEAE | Guajira | Medicinal |
| Guamo | Inga | densiflora | MIMOSACEAE | Mompox | Frutal |
| Guamo rabo de mono | Inga | edulis | MIMOSACEAE | Alto Sinu | Frutal |
| Guanabana | Annona | muricata | ANNONACEAE | Mompox | Frutal |
| Guanacona | ANNONACEAE | Mompox | Frutal | ||
| Guarumo (Yarumo) | Cecropia | peltata | CECROPIACEAE | Alto Sinu | Industrial (Pulpa) |
| Guasimo | Guazuma | ulmifolia | STERCULIACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal, maderable, lena |
| Guayabo agrio | Psidium | araca | MYRTACEAE | Mompox | Frutal |
| Guayabo anza | Campomanesia | linearifolia | MYRTACEAE | Amazonas | Frutal |
| Guayabo dulce | Psidium | guajava | MYRTACEAE | Mompox | Frutal |
| Guayabo de leon | Alto Sinu | Ebanisteria, construccion | |||
| Guayabo macanillo | Arboletes | Maderable | |||
| Guayacan bellota (Carbonero) | Calliandra | haematocephala | MIMOSACEAE | Medellin | Ornamental |
| Guayacan de bola | Bulnesia | arborea | ZYGOPHYLLACEAE | Magdalena Medio | Maderable, postes |
| Guinda | Zyziphus | mauritiana | RHAMNACEAE | Mompox | Frutal |
| Helecho azul | Selaginella | SELAGINELLACEAE | Mompox | Ornamental | |
| Helecho blanco | Mompox | Ornamental | |||
| Helecho cilantrillo | Mompox | Ornamental | |||
| Helecho cola de caballo | Mompox | Ornamental | |||
| Helecho chiroso | Mompox | Ornamental | |||
| Helecho encaje | Mompox | Ornamental | |||
| Helecho garra de leon | Mompox | Ornamental | |||
| Helecho peinilla | Mompox | Ornamental | |||
| Helecho seleginela | Selaginella | SELAGINELLACEAE | Mompox | Ornamental | |
| Helecho solitario | Mompox | Ornamental | |||
| Helecho trinche | Mompox | Ornamental | |||
| Heliotropo blanco | Heliotropium | indicum | BORAGINACEAE | Uraba | Ornamental |
| Heliotropo rojo | Heliotropium | BORAGINACEAE | Uraba | Ornamental | |
| Hierbabuena de Castilla | Mentha | LAMIACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal | |
| Hierbabuena de menta | Mentha | LAMIACEAE | Japon | Medicinal | |
| Hierba de limon | Cymbopogon | citraus | POACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal, industrial |
| Higuerilla (Ricino) | Ricinus | comunis | EUPHORBIACEAE | Africa | Medicinal, industrial |
| Icaco | Chrysobalanus | icaco | CHRYSOBALANACEAE | Mompox | Frutal |
| Iguamarillo | Pseudosamanea | guachapele | MIMOSACEAE | Mompox | Maderable, canoas |
| Jagua | Genipa | americana | RUBIACEAE | Mompox | Maderable, tinctorea |
| Jasmin de Espana | Melia | azederach | MELIACEAE | Espana | Ornamental |
| Jasmin de estrella | Mompox | Ornamental | |||
| Jasmin de Guatamala | Guatemala | Ornamental | |||
| Jasmin de Prusia | Prusia | Ornamental | |||
| Jengibre | Zingiber | officinalis | ZINGIBERACEAE | India | Medicinal |
| Jerico | Antioquia | Medicinal | |||
| Jincuru | Choco | Artesania | |||
| Jobo | Spondias | mombin | ANACARDIACEAE | Mompox | Frutal, cercas vivas |
| Josefania | Estados Unidos | Ornamental | |||
| Juangarrote | Mompox | Maderable, construccion | |||
| Juan de la verdad | Mompox | Medicinal | |||
| Kalanchoe | Kalanchoe | falsiformis | CRASSULACEAE | Monteria | Medicinal, ornamental |
| Lanza | Cartagena | Ornamental | |||
| Laurel de la India | Ficus | nitida | MORACEAE | India | Ornamental |
| Laurel lengua de venado | Mompox | Medicinal, maderable | |||
| Laurel oiti | Brasil | Medicinal | |||
| Laurel siempre verde | Brasil | Medicinal | |||
| Leucaena | Leucaena | leucocephala | MIMOSACEAE | Centro America | Maderable, ornamental, forraje |
| Limon agrio | Citrus | medica | RUTACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal |
| Linda palmera | Mompox | Ornamental | |||
| Lirio blanco | Iris | florentina | XYRIDACEAE | Mompox | Ornamental |
| Lirio rojo | Mompox | Ornamental | |||
| Lirio tulipan | Mompox | Ornamental | |||
| Lomo de caiman | Cordoba | Maderable, mangos | |||
| Llanten | Plantago | officinalis | PLANTAGINAEAE | Mompox | Medicinal |
| Llaya blanca | Trichilia | apendiculata | MELIACEAE | Mompox | Maderable, construccion |
| Lluvia de oro | Pyrostegia | venusta | BIGNONIACEAE | India | Ornamental |
| Maiz tostado | Lepidium | bipinnatifidum | BRASSICACEAE | Mompox | Maderable |
| Mataganao | Arrabidaea | coralina | BIGNONIACEAE | Alto Sinu | Maderable, ornamental |
| Malambo | Croton | malambo | EUPHORBIACEAE | Magdalena | Medicinal, madera |
| Malva corriente | Mompox | Medicinal | |||
| Malvarrosa | Althaea | rosea | Mompox | Medicinal | |
| Mamoncillo | Melicocca | bijuga | SAPINDACEAE | Mompox | Frutal, lena |
| Mamon de mico | Sapindus | saponaria | SAPINDACEAE | Mompox | Ornamental, lena |
| Mangle colorado | Cordoba | Industrial, taninos | |||
| Mango | Manguifera | indica | ANACARDIACEAE | India | Frutal, lena |
| Manzanillo | Marruecos | Ornamental | |||
| Maravilla de la India | Tigridia | pavonia | XYRIDACEAE | India | Ornamental |
| Maravilla del diablo | Bryophyllum | pinnatum | CRASSULACEAE | Monteria | Medicinal |
| Maraco | Couropita | guianensis | LECYTHIDACEAE | Llanos Orientales | Ornamental, maderable |
| Maracuya | Passiflora | edulis | PASSIFLORACEAE | Brasil | Frutal |
| Maranon | Anacardium | occidentalis | ANACARDIACEAE | Llanos Orientales | Frutal |
| Mariangola hembra | Mompox | Medicinal | |||
| Mariangola macho | Mompox | Medicinal | |||
| Mastranto | Salvia | palaefolia | LAMIACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal |
| Matandrea | Alpinia | occidentalis | ZINGIBERACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal |
| Matarraton | Gliricidia | sepium | FABACEAE | Mompox | Forraje, postes |
| Membrillo | Alto Sinu | Medicinal, ornamental | |||
| Merecure | Llanos Orienales | Frutal, maderable | |||
| Naranjo agrio | Citrus | aurantium | RUTACEAE | India | Frutal, medicinal |
| Naranjo dulce | Citrus | sinensis | RUTACEAE | China | Frutal, medicinal |
| Naranjuelo | Crateva | tapia | CAPPARACEAE | Mompox | Ornamental, maderable |
| Niguito | Miconia | MELASTOMATACEAE | Alto Sinu | Madera de techo | |
| Nispero | Manilkara | sapotilla | SAPOTACEAE | Mompox | Frutal |
| Nispero de monte | Construccion | ||||
| Nuez de cola | |||||
| Name | Dioscorea | alata | DIOSCOREACEAE | Alto Sinu | Alimenticio |
| Nipinipi | Alto Sinu | Indusrial, latex | |||
| Oiti | Licania | CHRYSOBALANACEAE | Mompox | Maderable | |
| Ojo de buey | Mucuna | pendulata | FABACEAE | Alto Sinu | Medicinal |
| Olivo salvadoreno | Simarouba | glauca | SIMAROUBACEAE | El Salvador | Industrial, ornamental |
| Olivo santo | Capparis | odoratissima | CAPPARACEAE | Magdalena | Industrial, ornamental |
| Orejero (Guanacaste) | Enterolobium | cyclocarpum | MIMOSACEAE | Mompox | Maderable, alimento |
| Ororuz | Gonobolus | condurango | ASCLEPIADACEAE | Uraba | Medicinal |
| Orquidea semana santa | ORCHIDACEAE | Guajira | Ornamental | ||
| Olla de mono (Coquillo) | Lecythis | tuyrana | LECYTHIDACEAE | Alto Sinu | Maderable, postes |
| Paico | Chenopodium | ambrosoides | CHENOPODIACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal |
| Paja de Castilla | |||||
| Paja de limon | Cymbopogon | citratus | POACEAE | ||
| Palma africana | Elaeis | oleifera | ARECACEAE | Africa | Industrial |
| Palma amarga | Sabal | ARECACEAE | Mompox | Construccion, techos | |
| Palma araca | ARECACEAE | Llanos Orientales | |||
| Palma areca | Chrysalidocarpus | lutescens | ARECACEAE | Puerto Rico | |
| Palma de barbasco | Cryosophyla | kalbreyeri | ARECACEAE | Alto Sinu | Artesanal, escobas |
| Palma centenario | Lycuala | grandis | ARECACEAE | Puerto Rico | Ornamental |
| Palma de coco | Cocos | nucifera | ARECACEAE | Polinesia | Frutal |
| Palma cola de pescado | Caryota | urens | ARECACEAE | Puerto Rico | Ornamental |
| Palma cubarra | ARECACEAE | Llanos Orientales | |||
| Palma cyca | Cycas | revoluta | CYCADACEAE | Mompox | Ornamental |
| Palma chontaduro | Bactris | gasipaes | ARECACEAE | Costa Pacifica | Frutal |
| Palma dendeceiro | ARECACEAE | Brasil | |||
| Palma del desierto | Washingtonia | robusta | ARECACEAE | Sahara | |
| Palma de estera | Astrocaryum | malybo | ARECACEAE | Bajo Magdalena | Artesanal |
| Palma funebre | ARECACEAE | Mompox | |||
| Palma guerregue | ARECACEAE | Uraba | |||
| Palma de iraca | Carludovica | palmata | CYCLANTHACEAE | Magdalena Medio | Ornamental, frutal |
| Palma de lata de Castilla | Bactris | maraja | ARECACEAE | Mompox | Frutal |
| Palma de lata de gallinazo | Bactris | guianeensis | ARECACEAE | Mompox | Frutal |
| Palma de macana | Bactris | ARECACEAE | Mompox | Maderable, postes | |
| Palma de maquenque | ARECACEAE | Alto Sinu | |||
| Palma de matamba | Desmoncus | orthacanthus | ARECACEAE | Mompox | |
| Palma de merril | Merrili | pacifica | ARECACEAE | Costa Pacifica | |
| Palma de moriche | Mauriia | minor | ARECACEAE | Amazonia | Artesanal |
| Palma de noli | Chelyocarpus | dianeures | ARECACEAE | Alto Sinu | Artesanal |
| Palma de pipire | ARECACEAE | Llanos Orientales | |||
| Palma pusuy | ARECACEAE | Llanos Orientales | |||
| Palma de quiqui | ARECACEAE | Costa Pacifica | |||
| Palma quitasol | Cheliocarpus | dianeures | ARECACEAE | Costa Pacifica | Artesanal |
| Palma real cubana | Roystonia | regia | ARECACEAE | Cuba | Ornamental |
| Palma de tagua | Phytelepas | karstenii | ARECACEAE | Magdalena Medio | Artesanal |
| Palma de tamaca | Acrocomia | antioquensis | ARECACEAE | Mompox | Frutal |
| Palma de tiesto | Curculigo | LILIACEAE | Cuba | Ornamental | |
| Palma trinilax | ARECACEAE | Puerto Rico | |||
| Palma tritrinas | ARECACEAE | Argentina | Ornamental | ||
| Palma de vino | Scheelea | butyracea | ARECACEAE | Bajo Magdalena | |
| Palma yeriba | ARECACEAE | Amazonas | |||
| Palma o palo del viajero | Ravenala | madagascarensis | STRELITZIACEAE | Madagascar | Ornamental |
| Palo de cruz hembra | Brownea | CAESALPINIACEAE | |||
| Palo de cruz macho | Brownea | CAESALPINIACEAE | |||
| Pata de cabra | Bucaramanga | ||||
| Pata de vaca | Bauhinia | variegata | CAESALPINIACEAE | Puerto Rico | |
| Papaya | Carica | papaya | CARICACEAE | Mompox | Frutal |
| Pativilco | |||||
| Payande | Pihecellobium | dulce | MIMOSACEAE | Llanos Orientales | |
| Peinemono | Apeiba | tibourbou | TILIACEAE | Alto Sinu | Maderable, enchapes |
| Pecho de perdiz | Rio San Jorge | Postes | |||
| Pelincu | Lafoensia | punicifolia | LYTHRACEAE | Tolina | Consruccion |
| Pera tropical | Himalaya | Frutal | |||
| Perita roja | Mompox | Frutal | |||
| Pereguetano | |||||
| Peronilo | Ormosia | FABACEAE | Alto Sinu | Maderable, canoas | |
| Pico de loro | Mompox | ||||
| Pichinde | Pithecellobium | dulce | MIMOSACEAE | Rio San Jorge | Antierosivo |
| Pie de danta | Valle del Cauca | Ornamental | |||
| Pijino | RUBIACEAE | Pijino | Madera de vara | ||
| Pimienta picante | Piper | nigrum | PIPERACEAE | Puerto Rico | Condimento |
| Pino cipres | Cupressus | lusitanica | CUPRESSACEAE | Guatemala | Ornamental |
| Pino guatemalteco | Pinus | caribea | PINACEAE | Guatemala | |
| Pintacanillo | Pithecellobium | MIMOSACEAE | Mompox | ||
| Pina | Ananas | comosus | BROMELIACEAE | El Banco | Frutal |
| Pinon (Camajon) | Sterculia | apetala | STERCULIACEAE | Mompox | |
| Pinon de purga | Jatropha | curcas | EUPHORBIACEAE | Medicinal | |
| Pinuela (Maya) | Bromelia | crysantha | BROMELIACEAE | Magdalena | Frutal |
| Pinuela de plato | |||||
| Pitamorrial blanco | Magdalena | ||||
| Pitamorrial verde | |||||
| Platanillo guacamaya | Heliconia | metallica | HELICONIACEAE | Puerto Rico | |
| Platanillo nn1 | Heliconia | brachyantha | HELICONIACEAE | Cordoba | |
| Platanillo nn2 | Heliconia | HELICONIACEAE | Cordoba | ||
| Platanillo tocana | Heliconia | brachyantha | HELICONIACEAE | Cordoba | |
| Plateado | Croton | niveus | EUPHORBIACEAE | Cordoba | |
| Polvillo macho | Tabebuia | caribea | BIGNONIACEAE | Alto Sinu | |
| Polvillo sabanero | Tabebuia | crysantha | BIGNONIACEAE | Alto Sinu | |
| Pomarrosa | Eugenia | jambos | MYRTACEAE | Frutal | |
| Pomelo Siam | Urera | URTICACEAE | Reino de Siam | ||
| Pringamosa arborea brava | Urera | URTICACEAE | |||
| Pringamosa arborea mansa | Urera | URTICACEAE | |||
| Pringamosa corriente | Urera | URTICACEAE | |||
| Pringamosa montuna | Urera | URTICACEAE | |||
| Pringamosa sotobosque brava | Urera | URTICACEAE | |||
| Pringamosa sotobosque mansa | Urera | URTICACEAE | |||
| Rayo | Parkia | pendula | MIMOSACEAE | Alto Sinu | Maderable |
| Reseda | Lawsonia | inermis | Arabia | Medicinal | |
| Roble (Ocobo) | Tabebuia | rosea | BIGNONIACEAE | Maderable, ebanisteria | |
| Rosado | Mahate, Bolivar | Ornamental, maderable | |||
| Sagua | India | ||||
| Salvia | Salvia | palaefolia | Mompox | Medicinal | |
| Sangregao | Croton | EUPHORBIACEAE | Costa Caribe | Maderable | |
| Sanseviera (mapana) | Sanseviera | zeilanica | Medicinal | ||
| Santa Maria de anis | Piper | PIPERACEAE | Alto Sinu | Medicinal | |
| Santa Maria corriente | Pothomorphe | peltata | PIPERACEAE | Alto Sinu | |
| Sen Sen | Panax | ARALIACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal | |
| Singamacho | Singapur | ||||
| Solera (Nogal) | Cordia | alliodora | BORAGINACEAE | Santanderes | Maderable, ebanisteria |
| Solera santa Rosa | Cordia | gerascanthus | BORAGINACEAE | ||
| Sueldaconsuelda | Tradescantia | multiflora | COMMELINACEAE | ||
| Tabatinga | Amazonas | Postes | |||
| Tacay (Inchi) | Caryodendron | orinocense | EUPHORBIACEAE | Orinoquia | Maderable, industrial |
| Tachuelo (Espino de oro) | Berberis | glauca | BERBERIDACEAE | Ornamental, tintoreria | |
| Tamarindo acido | Tamarindus | indica | CAESALPINIACEAE | India | Frutal |
| Tamarindo de azucar | Frutal | ||||
| Tamborero | Schyzolobium | paraybum | CAESALPINIACEAE | Maderable | |
| Te verde | Medellin | ||||
| Teca | Tectona | grandis | VERBENACEAE | Pakistan | Maderable, ebanisteria |
| Totumo corriente | Crescentia | cujete | BIGNONIACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal, asma |
| Totumo jicaro | Crescentia | alata | BIGNONIACEAE | Centro America | |
| Toronjil | Melissa | officinalis | LAMIACEAE | Medicinal | |
| Trebol | Platymiscium | pinnatum | FABACEAE | Alto Sinu | Maderable, ebanisteria |
| Trompillo | Guarea | gigantea | MELIACEAE | ||
| Tu y yo amarillo | Cordoba | ||||
| Tu y yo blanco | Cordoba | ||||
| Tu y yo morado | Cordoba | ||||
| Tua-tua | Jatropha | gossypifolia | EUPHORBIACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal |
| Tulipan de Gabon | Spahodea | campanulata | BIGNONIACEAE | Africa | |
| Tuna de arepa | Opuntia | CACTACEAE | Guajira | Medicinal, ornamental | |
| Uvero | Coccoloba | uvifera | POLYGONACEAE | ||
| Uvito osauco | Cavendishia | pubescens | ERICACEAE | ||
| Uva caimaron | Pourouma | sapida | CECROPIACEAE | Amazonas | Frutal |
| Vainilla | Vanilla | planifolia | ORCHIDACEAE | Alto Sinu | Esencia |
| Vara blanca | Cassearia | corymbosa | FLACOURTIACEAE | Mompox | Maderable, varas, techos |
| Vara de humo | Senna | reticulata | CAESALPINIACEAE | Costa Caribe | Ebanisteria |
| Vara santa | Triplaris | americana | POLYGONACEAE | Costa Caribe | Lena |
| Venturosa | Lantana | camara | VERBENACEAE | Mompox | Medicinal |
| Verevere | |||||
| Yopo | Piptadenia | peregrina | MIMOSACEAE | Medicinal | |
| Yuca de la India | Yucca | arborescens | LILIACEAE | Sur de N. America | Ornamental |
| Zabila | Aloe | vera | ALOEACEAE | Medicinal | |
| Zanca | Socratea | durissima | ARECACEAE | Construccion | |
| Zapote rojo | Calocarpum | mammosum | SAPOTACEAE | Frutal | |
| Zarza de matorral | Mimosa | pigra | MIMOSACEAE | Protector de suelos | |
| Zarzaparrilla | Smilax | SMILACACEAE | Medicinal |