Meliaceae
Alligatorwood
Guarea glabra
- Family
- Meliaceae
- Genus
- Guarea
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Alligatorwood
Synonyms
- Carapa trijuga Willd. ex C.DC.
- Guarea ciliata Al.Rodr.
- Guarea filiformis var. cinerascens C.DC.
- Guarea filiformis var. pallida C.DC.
- Guarea fulva var. mexicana C.DC.
- Guarea humilis Bertero ex DC.
- Guarea lherminieri C.DC.
- Guarea microcalyx Harms
- Guarea obtusata S.F.Blake
- Guarea pauciflora Sessé & Moc.
- Guarea ramiflora Vent.
- Guarea schomburgkii C.DC.
- Guarea swartzii DC.
- Guarea syringoides C.H.Wright
- Guarea ternifoliola C.DC.
- Guarea vahliana A.Juss.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: YockeyT, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: YockeyT, 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.