Rhamnaceae

Whiteroot

Gouania lupuloides (L.) Urb.

Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Gouania

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Whiteroot (Gouania lupuloides) — FruitPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Whiteroot
Haitian Creole: Lyann savon

Synonyms

Banisteria lupuloides L.
Gouania domingensis (Jacq.) L.
Gouania glabra Jacq.
Gouania glabriuscula Stokes
Gouania lupuloides var. aptera Urb.
Gouania lupuloides var. parvifolia Hadač
Gouania paniculata Spreng.
Lupulus lupulodes var. domingensis Kuntze
Rhamnus domingensis Jacq.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Vine
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

FruitPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nash Turley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: García Bencosme Harvey Luís, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Michael W Belitz, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: saschaantipine, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: henry ruiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Tom Field, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matute Nature Guide, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Olvin Wilfredo Oyuela, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Guillaume Martin, 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.