Plant Details

Accepted name:: Guaiacum sanctum 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:
floridapockenholts	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) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
guaiac resin	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
guaiaco	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
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)
guajakholz	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
guayacar	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
guayacán	Other	Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
gum guaiac	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
holywood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
holywood lignum vitae	Other	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013)
lignum vitae	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
lignum-vitae	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
palo santo	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
pau santo	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
resin guaiac	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Resin obtained from the heartwood		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
resin		Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
wood		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
heartwood, resin		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
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 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Guaiacum guatemalense Planch. ex Rydb. & Vail in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 25: 106 (1910).
Guaiacum multijugum Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 488 (1812).
Guaiacum parvifolium Nutt. N. Amer. Sylv. 3: 17 (1849).
Guaiacum sloanei Shuttlew. ex A.Gray Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 29 (1852), pro syn.
Guaiacum verticale Ortega Nov. Pl. Descr. Dec.: 93 (1798).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Guaiacum sanctum	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) Impact of Cult. of Med. Pl. on Biodiversity (Schippmann et al., 2002) Med. Pl., Consv. & Livelihoods (Hamilton, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Guaiacum sanctum 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) Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 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)
Guajacum guatemalense	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Guajacum sanctum	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
Guajacum sanctum L.	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Guajacum sanctum Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)

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