Quano: Ficus (C)
QUARARIBEA sp.: Guayabillo (P); Punula (P) . The flowers are used to flavor cacao.
Fruits of some species are eaten by most frugivores, including man.
Quaruba: Vochysia
QUASSIA AMARA L.: Quassia (E); Bitter wood (E); Crucete (P); Guavito Amargo (P); Guavo (D);
Hombre Grande (P,CR/ROC); Hombron (CR); Puesilde (P). An infusion of the wood in alcohol is
used in Panama as a febrifuge and in liver and snakebite remedies (!). Some Negroes believe that
drinking the bitter tea will prevent snakebite.
Quebracho: Astronium (C)
Quebracho blanco: Hasseltia (CR)
Quebro ollo: Bucquetia (C)
Quelites: Cassia (CR); Jatropha (C)
Quemacho: Xylosma (C)
Quemadera: Spilanthes (C)
Quemasusu: Canavalia (Ch)
Quende: Diospyros (C)
Quera: Schradera (C)
Querabare: Arrabidea (C)
Queravangue: Conostegia (P)
QUERCUS spp.: Oak (E); Roble (C,P). Oaks are high altitude species in Latin America. Acorns are
a favorite with most frugivores, but they can be harmful to sheep. Elsewhere the yield of acorn from
a good oak tree is said to produce 100 lbs. pork in pigs grazing the acorns.
Querebere: Coupeia (C)
Quereme: Peperomia (C); Cavendishia (C); Rodriguezia (C); Thibaudia (C)
Quereme de monte: Polygala (C)
Querendo: Helicostylis (P)
Quesillo: Malvaviscus (N)
Quica: Cercidium (C)
Quiche: Guzmania (C)
Quick-stick: Gliricidia (J)
Quidive: Morinda (C); Schradera (C)
Quiebrabarriga: Trichanthera (C)
Quiebrahacha: Astronium (C); Godoya (C); Lysiloma (CR); Senecio (CR); Tabebuia (D)
Quiebra muelas: Drimys (CR)
Quiebraojo: Asclepias (C)
Quiebraolla: Meriana (C)
Quiebra piedras: Cuphea (CR)
Quiebra plato: Crotalaria (CR)
Quieravangue: Conostegia (P)
Quimbolillo: Cajanus (CR)
Quimbolites: Phaseolus (P)
Quina: Anacardium (CR); Cinchona (C); Ladenbergia (CR); Macrocnemum (C); Nectandra (CR); Remijia (C); Rondeletia (CR)
Quina amarga: Croton (CR)
Quina de Brasiol: Esenbeckia (C)
Quinbolillo: Cajanus (CR)
Quino: Cinchona (C); Caccoloba (C)
Quinon: Drimys (C)
Quinua: Chenopodium (C)
Quipara: Genipa (Ch); Phytelephas (C)
Quipo: Cavanillesia (P)
Quiquicirri: Styrax (CR)
Quira: Andira (P); Platymiscium (CR,P)
Quiriguillo: Pachira (CR)
Quisig uillo: Pachira (CR)
Quisjoche: Beureria (CR)
Quisqual: Quisqualis (P)
QUISQUALIS INDICA L.: Rangoon creeper (E) . Rarely cultivated in Paname, the young
shoots are cooked as a potherb. The coconut-flavored ripe seeds are eaten in limited quantities.
Young seeds and roots are vermifugal.
Quita manteca: Conostegia (P)
Quitameriendas: Colchicum (C)
Quitasol: Mauritiella (C); Gunnera (C)
Quitirri: Vernonia (CR); Zexmenia (CR)
Qutegato: Cassia (CR)
Quiteria: Spigelia (C)
Quitirri chico: Eupatorium (CR)
Quitosol: Licania (C)
Quiura: Terminalia (CR)
Quizarra: Aiouea (CR); Bellotia (CR); Hufelandia (CR); Misanteca (CR); Mollinedia (CR); Nectandra (CR); Ocotea (CR)
Quizarra copalchi: Croton (CR)
Quizarra quina: Nectandra (CR)
Quizarra zopilote: Nectandra (CR)