Guaiacum
Guaiacum (/ˈɡwaɪ.ə.kəm/), sometimes spelled Guajacum, is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family Zygophyllaceae. It contains five species of slow-growing shrubs and trees, reaching a height of approximately 20 m (66 ft) but usually less than half of that. All are native to subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas and are commonly known as lignum-vitae, guayacán (Spanish), or gaïac (French). The genus name originated in Maipurean, the language spoken by the native Taínos of the...
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Texas lignum-vitae
speciesGuaiacum angustifolium
guayacan
speciesGuaiacum coulteri
roughbark lignum-vitae
speciesGuaiacum officinale
Lignum-vitae
speciesGuaiacum sanctum
Guaiacum unijugum
speciesGuaiacum unijugum
Guaiacum nellii
speciesGuaiacum nellii
Guaiacum palmeri
speciesGuaiacum palmeri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 185509.