Accession Data:
Guaiacum sanctum L.
- Common Name: Lignum Vitae
- Family: Zygophyllaceae R.Br.
- Country of Origin: Florida, Mexico to northern South America, West Indies
- Habitat: lowland dry forests
- Description: Large shrub or tree, up to 30 feet tall (10 m); petiole or axis; also applied to how the lateral veins are arranged in relation to the main vein.">pinnate leaves, up to 4 inches long (10 cm) with 4 to 10 deep green, oblong to ovate), and broadly tapering to each end; wider than oblanceolate.">obovate, leathery leaflets, up to 1.5 inches long (4 cm)
- Uses: Laxative, poison antidote, appetite, gonorrhea, boils, fever, syphilis, sudorific, gout, rheumatism, dentifrice, coughs, tuberculosis
also produces an extremely hard wood
Population estimates suggest less than 2500 mature specimens in the wild, and those remaining individuals still face a rapid decline. Decline is principally due to deforestation and exploitation for human uses.3
- USDA Zone: 9b-12
Accession Data:
- Accession # 200500052
- Source: Judy Colley-Cant, Niagara Butterfly Cons
- Accession Date: 06-16-2005
- Bench: 1304 - NEOA: North Bench W
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 01-08-2020
- Restrictions:
- CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
- CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid I
- Order: Zygophyllales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Zygophyllaceae
- SubFamily: Zygophylloideae
- Tribe: Larreoideae
- SubTribe:
References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Florida / Mexico Southeast / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Bahamas / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Puerto Rico
References (external):
- Guaiacum sanctum at IUCN Redlist. Last accessed on Wednesday, August 15, 2018.
- Desert Tropicals website
- UBC Botany Photo of the Day - January 21, 2010
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, August 15, 2018.
- Guaiacum sanctum at WikiSpecies. Last accessed on Wednesday, August 15, 2018.
- Guaiacum sanctum at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Wednesday, August 15, 2018.
- Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Derek R. Artz [CC BY 3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Wednesday, August 15, 2018.
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