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Goethalsia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae. It only contains one species, Goethalsia meiantha (Donn.Sm.) Burret. It is within the Grewioideae subfamily.
It can be affected by fungal species, such as Diaporthe.
Nymphs of cicada species of Zammara smaragdina burrow into the earth beside the roots of this tree and those of Pentaclethra macroloba.
It is native range is the neotropics, from Central America to Venezuela. It is also found in the countries of Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
It has low to moderate timber value, The wood is white when green, it is classified as light (with a specific gravity is 0.35) and soft, and it also dries quickly without the appearance of major defects.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Goethalsia meiantha by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
