Guaiacum officinale L.
ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
- Creosote-bush family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Guaiacum officinale L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 1: 381. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Lignum-vitae
English name: guaiacum English name: lignum-vitae
Spanish name: palo santo
French name: gaïac officinal
German name: Pockholz
Grown habit: Tree
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Sapindales
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Genus: Guaiacum
Species:
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Guaiacum officinale
Flowering habit at Waiehu, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Guaiacum officinale
Flowers and leaves at Waiehu, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Guaiacum officinale
Leaves at Kapalua, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Guaiacum officinale
Habit at Ala Moana Beach Park, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Guaiacum officinale
Leaves flowers and fruit at Ala Moana Beach Park, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Guaiacum officinale
Leaves and fruit at Ala Moana Beach Park, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Guaiacum officinale
Habit at Kapalua, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Guaiacum officinale
Leaves flowers and fruit at Ala Moana Beach Park, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Guaiacum officinale
Flower and leaves at Ala Moana Beach Park, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Guaiacum officinale
Leaves and fruit at Ala Moana Beach Park, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Guaiacum officinale
Flowers fruit and leaves at Waiehu, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Guaiacum officinale
Leaves flowers and fruit at Ala Moana Beach Park, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Guaiacum officinale
Leaves and flowers at Ala Moana Beach Park, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Guaiacum officinale
Bark at Ala Moana Beach Park, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Guaiacum officinale
Leaves at Kapalua, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Guaiacum officinale
Fruit and leaves at Waiehu, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Guaiacum officinale
Leaves flowers and fruit at Ala Moana Beach Park, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Guaiacum officinale
Leaves flowers and fruit at Ala Moana Beach Park, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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