Plant Details

Accepted name:: Guaiacum officinale L. [Zygophyllaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bois de gäiac	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bois de vie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
chob-hayaat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chobehyat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common lignum vitae	Other	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013)
gaïac officinal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
guaiac	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
guaiac resin	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
guaiaci lignum	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
guaiaci resina	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
guaiaco	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
guaiacum	Other	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
guajaci lignum	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
guajacum	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
guajak	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
guajakbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
guajakholz	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
guajakholzbaum	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
guayacan	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
guayacar	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
guayacán negro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gum guaiac	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
jivadaaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kuvakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuvakkucceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
legno santo	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
lignum vitae	Other, Pharmaceutical	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
lignum-vitae	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
loha-lakkar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lohakaashtha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
palo santo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
palosanto	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
pau santo	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
pockenholts	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pockholz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pockwood tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
resin guaiac	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
schlangenholz	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
tree-of-life	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
uajacum	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Resin obtained from the heartwood		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
wood		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
heartwood, resin		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
wood, wood extract		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
wood	gum	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
wood	tincture, vegetal drug, dry extract, fluid extract	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Guaiacum bijugum Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 486 (1812).
Guaiacum breynii Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 322 (1825).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Guaiacum officinal	Med. Pl., Consv. & Livelihoods (Hamilton, 2004)
Guaiacum officinale	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) Impact of Cult. of Med. Pl. on Biodiversity (Schippmann et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Guaiacum officinale L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Guaiacum officinale Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Guaiacum officinalis L.	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Guajacum officinale	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
Guajacum officinale L.	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Guajacum officinale Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)

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