Taxon:
Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer
Summary
Place of publication:
Taxon 5:194. 1956
Verified:
09/22/1994
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Albuquerque, J. M. 1980. Plantas tóxicas no jardim e no campo Note: = Guarea trichilioides
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
- Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs Note: = Guarea rusbyi
- Encarnación, F. 1983. Nomenclatura de las especies forestales comunes en el Perú Note: Documento de Trabajo no. 7, Proyecto PNUD/FAO/PER/81/002, Lima, Peru
- Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
- Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
- Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 Note: = Guarea rusbyi
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. Note: = Guarea rusbyi
- Pennington, T. D. 1981. Meliaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 28:261. URL: http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
- 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
English
guaraguao – muskwood – French (French Guiana)
bois balé – Spanish
cocillana – Spanish (Peru)
requia – Swedish
guarea –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
Native
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, United States [Puerto Rico]
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica, Panama
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Cultivated
Southern America
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | wood | timber | Encarnación, F. 1983. Nomenclatura de las especies forestales comunes en el Perú Note: Documento de Trabajo no. 7, Proyecto PNUD/FAO/PER/81/002, Lima, Peru |
Medicines | folklore | fide Ency CNatIn; CRC MedHerbs ed2, as Guarea rusbyi; Herbs Commerce ed2, as Guarea rusbyi | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | as Guarea trichilioides | Albuquerque, J. M. 1980. Plantas tóxicas no jardim e no campo |