Accession Data
Guaiacum sanctum
Common Name: Lignum Vitae
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Country of Origin: Florida, Mexico to northern South America, West Indies
Description: Large shrub or tree, up to 30 feet tall (10 m); pinnate leaves, up to 4 inches long (10 cm) with 4 to 10 deep green, oblong to 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
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 9b-12
Accession #: 200500052
Accession Date: 2005-06-16
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 1304
Quantity: 3
Source: Judy Colley-Cant, Niagara Butterfly Cons
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: eurosid I
Order: Zygophyllales
Family: Zygophyllaceae
SubFamily: Zygophylloideae
Tribe: Larreoideae
Flowering Data:
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References
- 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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