Guaiacum officinale L.

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NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY HERBARIUM
Guaiacum officinale L.
Desirea L. Pitman	March 2008
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Gainesville, Florida, U. S. A.
PLANTS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PROVINCE: PERDENALES
Guaiacum officinale L.
Bahoruco Peninsula, ca. 1km south of Las Mercedes and 10km east of Perdenales.
Elev. 245m. Semi-disturbed dry forest to thorn scrub dominated by mimosoid legumes. Soils skeletal lithic torriothents with occasional surface litter.
Occasional tree to 4.5m.
Fruit bright orange, seed with red. aril.
coll. Linda L. Fisher-R/leerow #515 IQ July 1981<<<OCR