Rhizophoraceae
Goatwood
Cassipourea guianensis
- Family
- Rhizophoraceae
- Genus
- Cassipourea
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Goatwood
Synonyms
- Legnotis cassipaurea Sw.
Flowers
- In flower
- October to November (from 11 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Ulf Mehlig, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: C. Geniez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: British Museum - Natural History Museum's Biodiversity Informatics Group., CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: C. Geniez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.