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The LanguaL 2017™ Thesaurus - Systematic Display

	Updated 2018-06-12

FTC

B5170

Descriptor

LIGNUM-VITAE

Synonym(s)

gaïacwood; guaiacum officinale; guaiacwood; roughbark lignum-vitae

Scope note

Taxon Info

Scientific family	Zygophyllaceae	[ITIS TSN 29034]

Scientific name(s)	Guaiacum officinale L.	[ITIS TSN 897104]
	Guaiacum officinale L.	[GRIN-Global Nomen 18047]
	Guaiacum officinale L.	[PLANTS Symbol ]
	Guaiacum officinale L.	[DPNL 2003]

Description

Guaiacum officinale, commonly known as roughbark lignum-vitae, guaiacwood or gaïacwood, is a species of tree in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae, that is native to the Caribbean and the northern coast of South America. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaiacum_officinale]

A. PRODUCT TYPE

ALGAE, BACTERIA OR FUNGUS USED AS FOOD SOURCE

ANIMAL USED AS FOOD SOURCE

CHEMICAL FOOD SOURCE

FOOD SOURCE NOT KNOWN

LIQUID AS FOOD SOURCE

PLANT USED AS FOOD SOURCE

FRUIT-PRODUCING PLANT

GRAIN OR SEED-PRODUCING PLANT

PLANT ACCORDING TO FAMILY

PLANT FOR MEDICINAL USE

ALPINE LADY'S MANTLE

BLESSED THISTLE

BURNET-SAXIFRAGE

COMMON FUMITORY

COMMON HEDGENETTLE

COMMON SPEEDWELL

COMMON TOADFLAX

DOWNY HEMP-NETTLE

EUROPEAN CENTAURY

EUROPEAN GOLDENROD

FILED HORSETAIL

FORKING LARKSPUR

GOLDEN SHOWER TREE

GREATER BURNET-SAXIFRAGE

GREATER PLANTAIN

HAIRY RUPTUREWORT

LEICHHARDT TREE

LIGNUM-VITAE

MOLDAVIAN DRAGONHEAD

NORTHERN BEANTREE

PINK TRUMPET-TREE

POD OR SEED VEGETABLE, POISONOUS CULTIVARS

PROSTRATE KNOTWEED

PURPLE CONEFLOWER

ROSEROOT STONECROP

SANDY EVERLASTING

SENECA SNAKEROOT

SMOOTH RUPTUREWORT

YELLOW BEDSTRAW

PLANT USED AS FODDER

PLANT USED FOR DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

PLANT USED FOR PRODUCING EXTRACT OR CONCENTRATE

SPICE OR FLAVOR-PRODUCING PLANT

VEGETABLE-PRODUCING PLANT

C. PART OF PLANT OR ANIMAL

E. PHYSICAL STATE, SHAPE OR FORM

F. EXTENT OF HEAT TREATMENT

G. COOKING METHOD

H. TREATMENT APPLIED

COMPONENT REMOVED

COMPONENT SUBSTITUTED

INGREDIENT ADDED

NO TREATMENT APPLIED

TREATMENT APPLIED NOT KNOWN

WATER ADDED OR REMOVED

J. PRESERVATION METHOD

K. PACKING MEDIUM

M. CONTAINER OR WRAPPING

N. FOOD CONTACT SURFACE

P. CONSUMER GROUP/DIETARY USE/LABEL CLAIM

R. GEOGRAPHIC PLACES AND REGIONS

Z. ADJUNCT CHARACTERISTICS OF FOOD

News

First Albanian food composition tables (2022).

2023-07-01
First Albanian food composition tables (2022) published with assistance from NPPC-VÚP in the frame of the Slovak Republic Official Development Support Programme.
Download here.

Swedish food composition database updated.

2023-06-13
New version of the Swedish food composition database with updated nutritional values for several food groups and new foods and iodine values added. See the Swedish Food Agency's website.

First edition of the Kyrgyz Food Composition Table.

2022-10-04
Kyrgyzstan has released their first national food composition table. For more information, see the EuroFIR website.

2021 Release of the New Zealand Food Composition Database.

2022-10-04
The 2021 update of New Zealand food composition database (NZFCD) released online on 31st March 2022. For more information, see the EuroFIR website.