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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Guaiacum officinale L.
Lignum vitae

Guaiacum officinale
Copyright by: James Johnson
in habitat, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 2013

Family: Zygophyllaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Tree

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies and northern South America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

History in the Bahamas: Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 718) for coppices, scrublands, arid dusty flats, and limestone hills in the southern Archipelago (regions 2-1).

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Other data on Guaiacum officinale available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Guaiacum officinale has been reported for the following habitat in Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice

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Guaiacum officinale
Copyright by: James Johnson
in habitat, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 2013
Guaiacum officinale
Copyright by: James Johnson
Guaiacum officinale
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Guaiacum officinale
Copyright by: James Johnson
Guaiacum officinale
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Guaiacum officinale
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Guaiacum officinale
Copyright by: James Johnson
Guaiacum officinale
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr