It is a diminutive of mata mainly used in Mexico. In the rest of Latin America, is used more matica. Also Matita or little plants, is a community in the Department of la Guajira ( 41 Colombia; where there was a palenque where black Maroons who fled the plantations were concentrated. A tropical song called " is famous in Colombia 34th Mafafa Matica; and he is known colloquially as La Matita or La Matica.
