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Guaiacum officinale (lignum-vitae)

Synonyms: Guaiacum bijugum; Guaiacum breynii; Guajacum officinale

Wikipedia Abstract

Guaiacum officinale, commonly known as roughbark lignum-vitae, guaiacwood or gaïacwood, is a species of tree in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae, that is native to the Caribbean and the northern coast of South America.
View Wikipedia Record: Guaiacum officinale

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Guaiacum officinale

Attributes

Janka Hardness [1]  4500 lbf (2041 kgf) Very Hard
Specific Gravity [1]  1.35

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Ciénaga de Zapata National Park 1606900 Cuba  

Predators

Abgrallaspis cyanophylli (cyanophyllum scale)[2]
Crypticerya rosae[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0