Table 5. Reported common names and scientific names of tree crops, annual crops, perennial crops and timber trees in Windsor Forest, Jamaica. Only local names (ethnovarieties) reported by at least two farmers are included. Number of times each ethnotaxon was reported (# of farms present) is in brackets. Scientific species names were verified with Adams (1972), Acevedo-Rodríguez and Strong (2007), and through field observations of botanical characteristics of plants.

Local name / Scientific name / Reported varieties / Number of occurrences reported (farms)
Tree crops
Ackee / Blighia sapida K.D.Koenig / 42
Almond / Terminalia catappa L. / 5
Banana / Musa acuminata Colla / 44
Bosta / 17
China / 8
Gros Michel / 36
Lacatan / 32
Robusta / 9
Valeria / 11
Whitehouse / 2
Bissy / Cola acuminata (P.Beauv.) Schott & Endl. / 19
Breadfruit / Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg / 41
Local / 37
Macka / 3
Calabash / Crescentia cujete L. / 8
Cashew / Anacardium occidentale L. / 3
Cherry / Malpighia glabra L. / 4
Chocolate / Theobroma cacao L. / 11
Cinnamon / Cinnamomum verum J.Presl / 6
Coconut / Cocos nucifera L. / 34
Brown Maypan / 17
Dwarf Green / 11
Dwarf Red / 7
Dwarf Yellow / 19
Green Maypan / 11
Maypan / 2
Native / 11
Red Maypan / 4
San Blas / 4
Yellow Maypan / 4
Custard Apple / Annona reticulata L. / 7
Grapefruit / Citrus paradisi Macfad. / 19
Guava / Psidium guajava L. / 30
Guinep / Melicoccus bijugatus Jacq. / 11
Hog Plum / Spondias mombin L. / 5
Jackfruit / Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. / 13
Jimbilin / Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels / 2
June Plum / Spondias dulcis G.Forst. / 32
Big / 30
Small / 4
Lime / Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle / 25
Mammee / Mammea americana L. / 4
Mango / Mangifera indica L. / 34
#11 / 5
Beefy / 3
Black / 5
Bombay / 2
Common / 14
East Indian / 13
St. Julian (Julie) / 6
Stringy / 8
Naseberry / Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen / 3
Noni / Morinda citrifolia L. / 9
Nutmeg / Myristica fragrans Houtt. / 22
Orange / Citrus spp. / 17
Otaheite Apple / Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry / 26
Black / 21
White / 11
Panga Nut (Pomegranate) / Punica granatum L. / 6
Papaya / Carica papaya L. / 24
Pear (avocado) / Persea americana Mill. / 31
Pimento / Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr. / 10
Plantain / Musa x paradisiaca L. / 44
Horse / 38
Giant / 8
Mackeral / 5
Maiden / 9
One-Handed Bandit / 7
Sour Orange, Seville Orange / Citrus aurantium L. / 27
Soursop / Annona muricata L. / 26
Star Apple / Chrysophyllum cainito L. / 25
Black / 11
White / 20
Sweet Sop / Annona squamosa L. / 5
Tamarind / Tamarindus indica L. / 2
Tangerine / Citrus reticulata Blanco / 10
Perennial crops
Coco / Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott / 39
Full-Basket / 8
Juke / 36
Minty / 3
Sally / 11
White / 27
Red / 2
White Juke / 2
Dasheen / Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott / 26
Black / 4
Blue / 14
Purple / 2
White / 8
Pine (pineapple) / Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. / 26
Sugarloaf / 20
Sugar Cane / Saccharum officinarum L. / 36
Black / 14
Crayfish / 24
Cuban / 6
Goatshanks / 3
Ribbon / 6
Striped / 3
White / 21
Sweet Cassava / Manihot esculenta Crantz / 2
Yam / Dioscorea alata L. / 34
Renta / 31
St. Vincent / 18
Sweet / 3
White / 6
Yam / Dioscorea cayenensis Lam. / 28
White Afu / 2
Yellow / 28
Afu / 3
Yam / Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill / 1
Yam / Dioscorea rotundata Poir. / 7
Lucea / 2
Mozella / 6
Negro / 3
Yam / Dioscorea trifida L.f. / 5
Jarby / 3
Yampie / 2
Annual crops
Bean / Phaseolus vulgaris L. / 29
Broad / 9
Bunchy / 4
Portland Red / 6
Red / 13
White / 3
Banabis Bean / Lablab vulgaris Savi / 2
Gungo Bean / Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth / 13
Cabbage / Brassica oleracea L. / 14
Callaloo / Amaranthus viridis L. / 27
Carrot / Daucus carota L. / 10
Corn / Zea mays L. / 22
Cucumber / Cucumis sativus L. / 14
Garlic / Allium sativum L. / 5
Ginger / Zingiber officinale Roscoe / 18
Irish Potato / Solanum tuberosum L. / 3
Lettuce / Lactuca sativa L. / 3
Mustard / Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. / 18
Okra / Abelmoschus esculentus Moench / 24
Onion / Allium cepa L. / 6
Peanut / Arachis hypogaea L. / 8
Pepper / Capsicum annuum L. / 21
Bird / 3
Green / 2
Sweet / 15
Pepper / Capsicum chinense Jacq. / 33
Brown / 2
Mackerel / 2
Red Scotch Bonnet / 2
Scotch Bonnet / 29
Yellow Scotch Bonnet / 2
Pop Choy (Bok Choy) / Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis (L.) Hanelt / 25
Pumpkin / Cucurbita moschata Duchesne / 37
Scallion / Allium fistulosum L. / 11
Sorrel / Hibiscus sabdariffa L. / 18
Sweet Potato / Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. / 11
6-Week / 4
Broadleaf / 2
Butcher / 5
Pumpkin Potato / 3
White / 2
Yellow Kobe / 4
Tobacco / Nicotiana tabacum L. / 5
Tomato / Solanum lycopersicum L. / 25
Kitchenside / 5
Plummy / 13
Salad / 10
Timber trees
Bamboo / Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J.C.Wendl. / 14
Bitter Damsel / cf. Simarouba glauca DC. / 16
Blue Mahoe / Hibiscus elatus Sw. / 13
Cedar / Cedrela odorata L. / 23
Cherry Bullet / - / 7
Fence Stake / Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth / 24
Locust / - / 2
Mahogany / Swietenia macrophylla King / 26
Moringa / Moringa oleifera Lam. / 5
Potatowood / - / 18
Santa Maria / cf. Calophyllum calaba L. / 8
Spanish Elm / - / 17
Sweetwood / Nectandra sp. / 21
Pepper Sweetwood / - / 7
Ramgoat Sweetwood / - / 2