Copal—one of the tree resins sometimes used to make varnish (and incense)

Mahogany tree

Kapok tree and fibers

Palo de rosa

Annatto (Achiote)

coco

Anacardo (cashews)

Bananas

Pineapple

Mangos

avocados

Café (coffee)

Azúcar (sugar)

Caucho (rubber)

Carne de res (beef)

Black pepper Paprika Cayenne peppers

Kola nuts

Coca leaves

vainilla

Cacao--chocolate

Chicle (sapodilla) tree

Philodendrons

Meadowsweet contains salicin, the basis of aspirin.

Periwinkle—Hodgkin’s disease and leukemia

Chinchona (quinine)--malaria

Wild yams—birth control pills

Cumaru--anticoagulant

Curare—muscle relaxant