Zygophyllaceae
Holywood
Guaiacum sanctum
- Family
- Zygophyllaceae
- Genus
- Guaiacum
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- جياك مقدس, خشب القديسين, عود الأنبياء
- arz
- جياك مقدس
- English
- Holywood, Holywood lignum vitae, Lignum vitae
- lah
- گایاکم سینکٹم
- Marathi
- गम ग्वायकम
- pap
- Wayaca macho
- Russian
- Гваякум священный
- Slovenian
- Sveti gvajak
- Spanish
- Guayacán, Guayacán Real
Synonyms
- Guaiacum guatemalense Planch. ex Rydb. & Vail
- Guaiacum multijugum Stokes
- Guaiacum parvifolium Nutt.
- Guaiacum sloanei Shuttlew. ex A.Gray
- Guaiacum verticale Ortega
Flowers
- Flower colour
- blue (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Allan Harris, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: geralg, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mangostar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mario Guzmán, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: petrlibenek, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Johan Eras, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Arq. Moses, 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.