Guaiacum officinale

Guaiacum officinale

Taxobox
name = "Guaiacum officinale"
status = EN
status_system = iucn2.3


image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Zygophyllales
familia = Zygophyllaceae
genus = "Guaiacum"
species = "G. officinale"
binomial = "Guaiacum officinale"

"Guaiacum officinale" is one of the species yielding the true lignum vitae. All species in this genus "Guaiacum" are [http://www.cites.org/ CITES] -listed. The other species of "true" Lignum Vitae is Guaiacum sanctum.

The genus, "Guaiacum", is taken from the tree's Carib Indian name ["reference needed"] . The tree is native to the West Indies, southern Florida, the western coast of Central America, and the northern coast of South America. This small tree is very slow growing, reaching about 10 m in height with a trunk diameter of 60 cm. The tree is essentially evergreen throughout most of its native range. The leaves are compound, 2.5 to 3 cm in length, and 2 cm wide. The blue flowers have five petals which yield a bright yellow-orange fruit with red flesh and black seeds.

"Guaiacum officinale" is the national flower of [http://www.jis.gov.jm/special_sections/Independence/symbols.html Jamaica]

References

* Listed as Endangered (EN C2a v2.3)


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  • Guaiacum officinale —   Guaiacum officinale …   Wikipedia Español

  • Guaiacum officinale — vaistinis gvajokas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Keimerūninių šeimos medieninis, dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Guaiacum officinale), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Guaiacum officinale angl. guaiacum; lignum vitae vok.… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • Guaiacum officinale — Lignum vitae Lig num vi tae (l[i^]g n[u^]m v[imac] t[=e]), n. [L., wood of life; lignum wood + vita, genitive vit[ae], life.] (Bot.) A tree ({Guaiacum officinale}) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the {guaiacum} of medicine is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Guaiacum officinale — noun small evergreen tree of Caribbean and southern Central America to northern South America; a source of lignum vitae wood, hardest of commercial timbers, and a medicinal resin • Syn: ↑lignum vitae • Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Guaiacum Officinale — L. Lignum vitae (E); Guayacan (S); Guayaco (C); . Cultivated in Panama, this is one of the heaviest commercial timbers, and one of the more expensive. An extract and the resin from the wood was formerly used as antivenereal, diuretic, stimulant,… …   EthnoBotanical Dictionary

  • Guaiacum officinale L. — Symbol GUOF Common Name lignum vitae Botanical Family Zygophyllaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Guaiacum — Guaiacum …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Guaiacum — Gua ia*cum, n. [NL., fr. Sp. guayaco, from native name in Haiti.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America. [1913 Webster] 2. The heart wood or the resin of the {Guaiacum officinale} or lignum vit[ae], a large tree… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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