Examples
See also: New World crops and Agriculture in Mesoamerica
Post-Columbian Transfers of Native Organisms with Close Ties to Humans
| Type of organism |
Old World to New World |
New World to Old World |
| Domesticated animals |
- cat (domestic - wild species already present)
- camel
- chicken
- cow
- donkey
- ferret
- goat (domestic - wild species already present)
- goose (domestic - wild species already present)
- honey bee
- horse
- rabbit (domestic)
- pig
- rock pigeon
- sheep (domestic)
- silkworm
- water buffalo
- guineafowl
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- alpaca
- American Mink (fur farming)
- guinea pig
- llama
- Muscovy Duck
- turkey
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| Domesticated plants |
- ackee
- almond
- apple
- apricot
- artichoke
- asparagus
- banana
- barley
- beet
- bilberry ("blueberry", "blaeberry")
- bitter melon
- black pepper
- Brassica oleracea-derived vegetables
- kale and collard greens
- broccoli
- cabbage
- brussels sprouts
- cauliflower
- cantaloupe
- carambola
- cardamom
- carrot
- cinnamon
- clove
- coffee
- citrus (orange, lemon, etc.)
- cucumber
- date palm
- fig
- flax
- garlic
- grape (fox grape and other species used as rootstocks)
- hazelnut
- hemp (including cannabis/marijuana)
- kiwifruit
- kola nut
- lettuce
- mango
- millet
- nutmeg
- oats
- okra
- olive
- onion
- opium
- peach
- pea
- pear
- pistachio
- radish
- rhubarb
- rice
- rye
- soybean
- sugarcane
- taro
- tea
- turnip
- wheat
- walnut (English)
- watermelon
- Wine grape
- yam (sometimes misnamed "sweet potato")
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- agave
- amaranth (as grain)
- arrowroot
- avocado
- common beans (pinto, lima, kidney, etc.)
- black raspberry
- bell pepper
- blueberry (not to be confused with bilberry, also called blueberry)
- canistel
- cashew
- chia
- chicle
- chirimoya
- chili peppers
- cranberries (large cranberry, or bearberry species)
- coca
- cocoa
- cotton (long staple species)
- custard apple
- guava (common)
- huckleberry
- Jerusalem artichoke
- jicama
- maize (referred to in North America as "corn")
- manioc (cassava, tapioca, yuca)
- papaya
- passionfruit
- peanut
- pecan
- pineapple
- potato
- prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica)
- pumpkin
- quinoa
- rubber
- sapodilla
- squash
- strawberry (commercial varieties)
- sugar-apple
- sunflower
- sweet potato
- tobacco
- tomato
- vanilla
- wild rice (Indian rice, not directly related to Asian rice)
- yerba maté
- yucca
- zucchini (courgette)
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| Infectious diseases |
- bubonic plague
- chicken pox
- cholera
- common cold
- diphtheria
- influenza
- leprosy
- malaria
- measles
- scarlet fever
- smallpox
- typhoid
- typhus
- whooping cough
- yellow fever
- yaws
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- bejel
- Chagas disease
- pinta
- syphilis
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