EPPO Global Database

Bulnesia arborea(BLNAR)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-10-18

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: BLNAR
  • Preferred name: Bulnesia arborea
  • Authority: (Jacquin) Engler

Notes

Colombia, Venezuela. Cultivated as an ornamental tree, and for its high-quality wood (vera wood)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Gonopterodendron arboreum (Jacquin) Godoy-Bürki
Guaiacum arboreum de Candolle
Plectrocarpa arborea (Jacquin) Christenhusz & Byng

Common names
Name Language
bulnesia English
Maracaibo lignum-vitae English
vera wood English
guayacán Spanish (ES)
lignum-vitae-do-Maracaibo Portuguese