Orisha and Congo Herbs

Latin Cuban Lucumi / Congo English Owner or

Nomenclature Spanish Use
Eupatorum Abre Camino   Bitter Bush,  
villosum Shrubby
Thoroughwort
Canela alba Palo Malambo (C) Nkunia White Cinnabar Palo - p.504
Mpeka Tree, Wild
(Nkunia Cinnamon Tree El Monte
Mpeka)
 
Nyctaginaceae Atipola   red spiderling, Obatala &
Boerhavia Diffusa
Hogweed Elegua

El Monte

p. 332
Oxandra lanceolata Yaya (L)Yáyá, Echi West Indian Shango
Lancewood
(C) Koromeni, El Monte
Mbékese
p. 555 Palo
Phyllanthus Panetela   Foliage Flower  
augustifolia
Hibiscus rosa Mar Pacifico   Hibiscus, Rose  
sinensis of China
Punica granatum Granada (L)Oroko, Pomegranate Oya,
Mayaku, Chango
Yayekú-Kansoré
El Monte

p. 432
Stachytarpheta Verbena   Jamaican  
jamaicensis Vervain, Blue
note - not to be confused
with Verbena - in
  Snakeweed  
  English
  Blue Porterweed  
Verbena officinalis
(Cab) (L) Ewe orukan, Vervain Yemaya
Orrioyo
El Monte p.
552
Pilea microphylla Frescura (L) Ewe rú Artillery Plant Ochun,
 matán. Tutu Yemaya

El Monte

p. 427
Pistia stratiodes Flor de Agua   Water Lettuce,  
Shell Flower
  (Cabrera has    
this as a  
  different plant - Yemaya  
see Eichornia, Water Hyacinth
Eichornia azurea, Kunth p. 425
Kunth
 
Caesalpinia major Quita   Wait A Bit Plant  El Monte
Maldicion
Nickar bean p.535
plant
Melia azadirachta Paraiso (L) Ibayo, Yiya Paradise Tree, Shango
Neem Tree
El Monte

p. 510

 
Mirabilis jalapa Maravilla Roja (L) Ewe Ewa, Four-O’Clock Obatala,
Inkuallo Plant, Marvel of Oya Yewa
Peru
(C) Boddulé El Monte

p. 486
Abutilon Boton de Oro   Hairy Indian  
theophrasti Mallow, Velvet
Leaf
Parthenium Escoba Amarga (L) Eggweniyé False Ragweed Babaluaye
hysterophorus
(C) Báombo El Monte

p. 419
Bryophyllum Prodigiosa   Life Plant,  
pinnatum Cathedral Bells,
Air Plant
Kalanchoe Pinnata
Isocarpha cubana Manzanilla (L) Nikirio Cuban Isocarpha  

Chrysanthellum   (C) Dúnbuande  

americanum(Cab)
African Wild
Daisy
Callicarpa Filigrama   American  Shango(?)
americana Beautyberry,
Beautyberry
Heliotropium Alacrancillo   Indian Obatala
campechianum Heliotrope
   
 
(L) Aguéyi Also Ochun
Heliotropium and Oké
indicum (Cab)  
El Monte
(C ) Blwoto
p.298
Trichilia Siguaraya or (L) Atori Cuban Trichilia Shango,
havanensis Ciguaraya Eleggua
(C) Insso or
Tinso, Nsimba El Monte
dian finda
p.544
Piper hispidum Platanillo de (L)Olúbbo Jamaican Pepper Shango
Cuba
El Monte
(Bayuyo)
p. 526
Eupatorium Rompe (L) Tabaté Siam Weed, El Monte
odoratum Saraguey Bitter Bush
(C) Ntema dián Triffid Weed, p. 538
finda
 

 
Cecropia peltata Yagruma (L) Iggi Oggugú Trumpet Tree, Obatala
Embauba,
  (C) Matiti Trompettier,  
Snake Wood, Bois
Cannon
El Monte

p. 554
Clerodendrum Mil Flores   Cologne Bush, Oya, Yewa
fragrans
Glory Bower El Monte

Honolulu Rose p. 490

Psidium guajaba Guayaba (L) Kénku Tropical Guava, Eleggua
Guava
(C) El Monte
Guánkibilúnga
 Nfuruta p.439
Solanum nigrum Yerba Mora (L) Atoré, Efodá Black nightshade Ogun,
Yemaya
Petty Morel,
Poisonberry, p. 562
Garden
Nightshade
is poison
Petiveria alliacea Anamu (L) Yéna, Congo Root , Forbidden in
Anamu, Ochisán Guinea Henweed houses of
ocha

El Monte

p. 323

is an
abortive
Cucurbita pepo Calabaza (L) Elegueddé Squash or Ochun
pumpkin
   

(C ) Male,  
Malenque,
Makóngue,

Maluka, Macuke,
Yúmúrú
Corchorus Malva te (L) Dédé Slippery Elm, Oshun
siliquosus
(C ) Dubue Slippery Burr El Monte

  p. 483
Momordica Cundiamor   Bitter Melon, Babaluaye
charantia Balsam Pear
Antigonon leptopus Coralillo (L) Cháuko Coral Vine, Oya
Rosado Queen’s Wreath
El Monte

p.410
         

     

Bidens pilosa Romerillo Spanish Needle,

Cobbler’s Peg

Hairy
Beggarticks,
Farmer’s Friend
Blechum brownei Mazorquilla   Green Shrimp  
Plant

 
Cupania americana Guará (L) Guará. Candlewood, Oya
Agagwan Wild Ackee
  (some
(C) Nyuko attribute to
( Cab) Cupania Dada)
cubensis
El Monte

p.437
Argemone Cardo Santo (L) Iká, Agogó, Mexican Ogun
mexicana Igbéelégún Pricklepoppy,
Goatweed (some
( C) Cando eré attribute to
Obatala)

El Monte

p. 369
Hura crepitans Salvadera (L) Ewe gú, Sandbox Tree El Monte

Arónica  

p.541
Achyranthes aspera Rabo de Gato   Devil’s Elegua,
Horsewhip, Ibeji’s
Prickly Chaff
Flower El Monte

p.535
Salvia officinalis Salvia de (L)Kiriwi Sage Obatala
Castilla
(C) Vititi Léka
(Cab)
 
Salvia odoratus Salvia   Sweetscent, Salt- Babalú Ayé
marsh Fleabane,

cattle tongue
Duranta repens No Me Olvides   Golden  
Dewdrop,
Sapphire
Showers

Sky Flower
         

     

Sanseveria Lengua de Mother-In-Law’s

zeylanica Mujer Tongue,
Bowstring Hemp
Sanseveria Lengua de   Snake Plant  
goldiana Vaca
Origanum Mejorana   Marjoram, Sweet El Monte
majorana Marjoram
p. 488
Annona muricata Guanabana (L) Iggi omó Brazilian Paw Obatala
fúnfún Paw, Soursop
Tree El Monte
Gwánillo,
Nichularafún p.435

(C) Ombándinga
Cordia alba Uva Gomosa   Rainforest  
Laurel, White
Manjack
Alpinia speciosa Colonia   Shell Ginger  
Lepidium Mastuerzo (L) Eribo Virginia Elegua
virginicum Pepperweed
El Monte ,

p. 487
Sonchus oleraceus Cerraja   Sow Thistle  
Nephrolepis Imo Hembra   Wild Boston  
exaltata Fern
Gynodon dactylon Yerba Fina   Bermuda Grass  
Mentha Sativa Yerba Buena Eferín ewe Ka,   Yemaya
Amasi
El Monte

p.557
Piper auritum Caisimon de   Anise Piper,  
Anis Eared Pepper
Amaranthus Bledo   Spiny Amaranth,  
spinosus Carbonero Spiny Pigweed
Amaranthus viridis Bledo Blanco (L) Lobé, Tété Slender Obatalá
Amaranth
  El Monte
p.346
 
W. Ramos
 Ewé teté 
         

         

         

      Flamboyant, Shango and

Royal Poinciana Oya
Delonix regia Framboyan, (L)Iggi Támbina,
Flamboyan Ináweko El monte

p. 426
Bursera simaruba Almacigo (L) Iggi Addama. Gumbo Limbo Eleggua,
Moyé, Tree, Tourist Shango
  Tree
Iluke  
(Cab) Elaphrium
Simaruba ( C) Imbi iye El Monte

  p321
Vinca rosea alba Vicaria Blanca   White Periwinkle Obatala
or
 
Purisima
Blanca y El Monte
Morada
p. 552
Platycerium Cuerno de Arsi   Staghorn Fern  
bifurcatum
Coix lacryma jobi Caña Santa   Job’s Tears  

     

     
(Cab) Costus Caña Santa   Indianhead Ogun
spicatus Ginger
   

El Monte

p.367
Justicia pectoralis Tilo   Freshcut Herb  
Aloe vera Sabila, Sabilla   Aloe vera Yemaya

El Monte
 p. 540

 
Pedilanthus Itamorreal   Devil’s  
tithymaloides Backbone
Zibgiber officinale Jengibre   Ginger, Common  
Giner
Codiaeum Lluvia de Oro   Croton  
variegatum
Dracaena draco Drago   Dragon Tree  
Codiaeum Croto   Croton  
variegatum
Colocasia Malanga   Elephant’s Ear  
esculentum
Breynia nivosa Nevada   Snobush,  
Sweetpea Bush
Oxalis corniculata Vinagrillo   Creeping Wood  
Sorrel, Yellow
Wood Sorrel
Commelina Canutillo   Asiatic  
communis Dayflower
Nephrolepis Imo Macho   Sword Fern  
cordifolia
Crescentia cujete Guira   Calabash Tree,  
Gourd Tree
Costus barbatus Cana Mexicana   Spiral Ginger,  
Red Tower
Ginger
Tradescantia Cucaracha   Wandering Jew  
zebrina
Hamelia patens Parami   Scarletbush,  
Firebush
Lantana Yerba de la   Wild Sage  
involucrate Sangre
Acacia farnesiana Aroma   Sweet Acacia,  
Amarilla Sponge Tree
Ipomoea indica Aguinaldo   Blue Dawn  
Morado Flower, Morning
Glory
Colubrina reclinata Palo Amargo   Soldierwood  
Picrasma excelsa Varia   Bitter Ash tree,  
Jamaica Quassi
Tree
Chrysobalanus Moruro   Coco Plum  
icaco
Casearia sylvestris Palo Hueso   Wild Coffee  
 Tree,
Guacatonga Tree
Mastichodendron Jocuma   Mastic Tree,  
foetidissimum Wild Mastic
Tree
Amyris balsamifera Cuaba Blanca   Balsam Amyris,  
Amyris
Torchwood
Trophis reacemosa Palo Ramon   White Ramon  
Tree
Tillandsia flexuosa Curujey   Banded Airplant,  
Twisted Airplant
Erythroxylon Jiba   Coca Shrub  
areolatum
Arthrostylidium Tibisi   Cuban Bamboo  
cubensis
Nectandra minima Palo Boniato   Cuban Laurel,  
Sweetwood Tree
Eugenia ligustrina Guairaje   Birchberry Tree,  
Privet Stopper
Tree
Hyperbaena Palo   Cuban  
cubensis Chicharron Hyperbaena
Chiococca alba Bejuco Berraco   West Indian  
Milkberry Tree,
Snowberry Tree
Comocladia Guao de Costa   Maiden Plum  
dentata Tree
Gossypium Algodon   Arabian Cotton  
herbaceum Treee, Pale
Yellow Cotton
Tree
Ficus aurea Jaguey Hembra   Strangler Fig  
Tree
Clusia rosea Copey   Autograph Tree,  
Balsam Apple
Tree
Priva lappulacea Pega Pollo   Stick Tights,  
Fasten Pon Coat
Hibiscus elatus Majagua   Cuban Mahoe,  
Blue Mahoe
Euphorbia lacteal Cardon   Candelabra  
Cactus, False
Cactus
Guarea Palo Yamao   American  
trichilioides Muskwood,
Ballwood
Bourreria virgata Raspa Lengua   Stongback Leaf  
Plant
 Chrysophyllum Caimitillo   Satin Leaf Tree  
oliviforme
Zanthoxylum Limoncillo   Lime Pricklyash  
fagara Tree
Ficus crassinervia Jaguey macho   Wild Fig Tree,  
Ficus trigonata
Tabebuia rosea Roble Negro   Pink Tacoma ,  
Pink Trumpet
Tree
Samanea saman Algarrobo   Rain Tree,  
Monkeypod Tree
Coccoloba uvifera Uva Caleta   Sea Grape Tree  
Nerium oleander Adelfa   Oleander Tree  
Bucida bucera Jucaro Negro   Black Olive Tree  
Pinus caribaea Pino Macho   Caribbean Pine  
Cajanus cajan Gandul   Pigeon Pea  
Shrub
Rhizophora mangle Mangle Rojo   Red Mangrove  
Tree
Terminalia catappa Almendra   Indian Almond  
Tree, Flase
Kamani Tree
Merremia Aguinaldo   Yellow Morning  
umbellata Amarillo Glory, Sweet
William
Moringa frances Paraiso Frances   Horseradish  
Tree, Ben-Oil
Tree
Cassia occidentalis Yerba   Coffee Senna  
Hedionda Tree
Byrsonima lucida Doncella   Locust Berry  
Platygyne hexandra Ortiguilla   Cuban Stinging  
Nettle
Musa sapientum Platano   Banana Tree  
Tababuia vitex Vencedor   Cuban Tabebuia  
Macho
Turnea ulmifolia Marilope   Yellow Alder  
Persea americana Aguacate   Avocado,  
Alligator Pear
Jatropha curcas Pinon Botija   Barbados Nut  
Tree, Physic Nut
Tree
Eclipta prostrata Espanta Muerto   False Daisy,  
Tattoo Plant