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Guarea guidonia
Also called Guaraguao, Muskwood
Guarea guidonia is a tropical American tree in the mahogany family (Meliaceae), native from Cuba and Honduras south to Argentina. It is a large forest tree rather than a common garden or houseplant, so care notes below describe its general needs in cultivation.
Guarea guidonia is a species of flowering plant in the family Meliaceae. It ranges from Cuba and Honduras south to Argentina.
The bark of Guarea rusbyi (Britton) Rusby, a synonym of Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer, is used as an expectorant named cocillana.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Guarea guidonia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
