Zygophyllaceae
Commoner lignum vitae
Guaiacum officinale
- Family
- Zygophyllaceae
- Genus
- Guaiacum
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- جياك طبي
- arz
- جياك طبى
- Catalan
- Guaiac
- Chinese
- 愈疮木
- Czech
- Guajak léčivý
- Dutch
- Pokhout
- English
- Commoner lignum vitae, Lignum-vitae, Guaiac tree, Gayak, Guaiac, Roughbark lignum vitae, Tree of life
- Estonian
- Harilik guajakipuu
- French
- Gayak
- German
- Gayak
- Haitian Creole
- Gayak
- Japanese
- ユソウボク, 癒瘡木
- Kannada
- ಗ್ವೈಯಕಮ್
- Korean
- 유창목
- pap
- Wayaca
- Persian
- جوآیاکوم آفیشینال
- Polish
- Gwajakowiec lekarski
- Russian
- Гваяковое дерево
- Slovenian
- Navadni gvajak, Gvajak
- Spanish
- Guayacán, Palo De Vida, Palo Santo
- Thai
- แก้วเจ้าจอม
Synonyms
- Guaiacum bijugum Stokes
- Guaiacum breynii Spreng.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- blue (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
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Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.