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Guaiacum officinale is one of the species yielding the true lignum vitae
Lignum vitae

Lignum vitae is a trade wood, from trees of the genus Guaiacum, also called guayacan. This wood was once very important for uses requiring Strength of materials, weight, and hardness....
. All species in this genus Guaiacum
Guaiacum

Guaiacum, or guajacum, is a genus in the family Zygophyllaceae. The six species are shrubs and trees, native to subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas....
 are -listed. The other species of true Lignum Vitae is Guaiacum sanctum
Guaiacum sanctum

Guaiacum sanctum is a species of plant in the Larrea tridentata family, Zygophyllaceae. It ranges from southern Florida in the United States and the Bahamas south to Central America and the Greater Antilles....
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The word guaiacum originated in the language
Maipurean

Maipurean is a language family that spans from the Caribbean and Central America to every country in South America excepting Uruguay and Chile....
 spoken by the native Taíno
Taíno

The Ta?nos were Indigenous peoples of the Americas of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles. It is believed that the seafaring Ta?nos were relatives of the Arawakan people of South America....
s of the Bahamas
The Bahamas

The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an independent, sovereign, English language-speaking country consisting of two thousand cays and seven hundred islands that form an archipelago....
. The tree is native to the Caribbean
Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and Northern America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America....
 and the northern coast of South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
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Guaiacum officinale is one of the species yielding the true lignum vitae
Lignum vitae

Lignum vitae is a trade wood, from trees of the genus Guaiacum, also called guayacan. This wood was once very important for uses requiring Strength of materials, weight, and hardness....
. All species in this genus Guaiacum
Guaiacum

Guaiacum, or guajacum, is a genus in the family Zygophyllaceae. The six species are shrubs and trees, native to subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas....
 are -listed. The other species of true Lignum Vitae is Guaiacum sanctum
Guaiacum sanctum

Guaiacum sanctum is a species of plant in the Larrea tridentata family, Zygophyllaceae. It ranges from southern Florida in the United States and the Bahamas south to Central America and the Greater Antilles....
.

The word guaiacum originated in the language
Maipurean

Maipurean is a language family that spans from the Caribbean and Central America to every country in South America excepting Uruguay and Chile....
 spoken by the native Taíno
Taíno

The Ta?nos were Indigenous peoples of the Americas of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles. It is believed that the seafaring Ta?nos were relatives of the Arawakan people of South America....
s of the Bahamas
The Bahamas

The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an independent, sovereign, English language-speaking country consisting of two thousand cays and seven hundred islands that form an archipelago....
. The tree is native to the Caribbean
Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and Northern America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America....
 and the northern coast of South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
. This small tree is very slow growing, reaching about 10 m in height with a trunk diameter of 60 cm. The tree is essentially evergreen throughout most of its native range. The leaves are compound, 2.5 to 3 cm in length, and 2 cm wide. The blue flowers have five petals which yield a bright yellow-orange fruit with red flesh and black seeds.

Guaiacum officinale is the national flower
Floral emblem

In a number of countries, plants have been chosen as symbols to represent specific geographic areas. Some countries have a country-wide floral emblem; others in addition have symbols representing subdivisions....
 of Jamaica
Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about south of Cuba, and west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated....
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