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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|image = Guaiacum_officinale_-_Köhler–s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-069.jpg
|status = EN
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|status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Barstow, M. |date=2019 |title=''Guaiacum officinale'' |volume=2019 |page=e.T33701A68085935 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T33701A68085935.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
|genus = Guaiacum
|species = officinale
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'''''Guaiacum officinale''''', commonly known as '''roughbark lignum-vitae''',<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=29041 |taxon=''Guaiacum sanctum'' |accessdate=2010-10-03}}</ref> '''guaiacwood''' or '''gaïacwood''', is a species of tree in the [[Tribulus terrestris|caltrop]] [[Family (biology)|family]], [[Zygophyllaceae]], that is native to the
==Description==
This small tree is very slow growing, reaching about {{convert|10|m|abbr=on}} in height with a trunk diameter of {{convert|60|cm|abbr=on}}. The tree is essentially evergreen throughout most of its native range. The leaves are compound, {{convert|2.5-3|cm|abbr=on}} in length, and {{convert|2|cm|abbr=on}} wide. The blue flowers have five [[petal]]s that yield a bright-yellow-orange fruit with red flesh and black seeds.
[[File:Guaiacum officinale.jpg|thumb|
==Symbolism==
''Guaiacum officinale'' is the [[Floral emblem|national flower]] of [[Jamaica]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jis.gov.jm/special_sections/Independence/symbols.html |title=National Symbols |work=Emancipation & Independence |publisher=Jamaica Information Service |
==Uses==
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==Conservation==
Roughbark lignum-vitae was listed as an [[endangered species]] by the IUCN in
==References==
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