Meliaceae
American muskwood
Guarea guidonia
- Family
- Meliaceae
- Genus
- Guarea
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- كوكسيلانا
- Chinese
- 麝香楝, 杯状葱臭木, 杯花麝香楝
- English
- American muskwood
- Japanese
- グアレア・グイドニア
- Portuguese
- Carrapeta-verdadeira, Bilreiro, Birrero, Cairana, Canjerana miúda, Canjerana-miúda, Carrapeta da mata virgem, Carrapeta verdadeira
Synonyms
- Casearia guidonia (L.) Benth.
- Guarea alba C.DC.
- Guarea alternans C.DC.
- Guarea andreana C.DC.
- Guarea aubletii A.Juss.
- Guarea bilibil C.DC.
- Guarea borisii Harms
- Guarea brachystachya Sessé & Moc. ex DC.
- Guarea cabirme C.DC.
- Guarea campestris C.DC.
- Guarea chichon C.DC.
- Guarea culebrana C.DC.
- Guarea eggersii C.DC.
- Guarea francavillana C.DC.
- Guarea gigantea Triana & Planch.
- Guarea grandifolia DC.
- Guarea guara P.Wilson
- Guarea leticiana Harms
- Guarea longipetiola C.DC.
- Guarea mancharra Cuatrec.
- Guarea megalantha M.Roem.
- Guarea megantha A.Juss.
- Guarea multiflora A.Juss.
- Guarea multijuga A.Juss.
- Guarea parva C.DC.
- Guarea pittieri C.DC.
- Guarea puberula Pittier
- Guarea pungans A.St.-Hil.
- Guarea purgans A.Juss.
- Guarea racemiformis S.F.Blake
- Guarea rubescens C.DC.
- Guarea rubricalyx S.Moore
- Guarea rubrisepala Cuatrec.
- Guarea rusbyi (Britton) Rusby
- Guarea sinuata M.Roem.
- Guarea surinamensis Miq. ex C.DC.
- Guarea sylvestris S.Moore
- Guarea trichilioides L.
- Guarea trichilioides var. brachystachya C.DC.
- Guarea trichilioides var. colombiana C.DC.
and 10 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- December (from 11 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Luis Capeletti, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Douglas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Al Kordesch, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: NINA WENÓLI, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alejandro Vásquez Vidaurre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: filipeprates, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bonnie Isaac, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, 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.