# Guarea

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Genus of plants

Guarea Guarea guidonia Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Rosids Order: Sapindales Family: Meliaceae Subfamily: Melioideae Genus: Guarea F. Allam ex L. Species See text

***Guarea*** is a genus of [evergreen](/source/Evergreen) [trees](/source/Tree) or shrubs in the family [Meliaceae](/source/Meliaceae), native to tropical Africa and Central and South America. At their largest, they are large trees 20–45 m tall, with a trunk over 1 m diameter, often buttressed at the base. The [leaves](/source/Leaf) are [pinnate](/source/Pinnation), with 4–6 pairs of leaflets, the terminal leaflet present. They are [dioecious](/source/Dioecious), with male and female flowers on separate plants.[1] The [flowers](/source/Flower) are produced in loose [inflorescences](/source/Inflorescence), each flower small, with 4–5 yellowish petals. The [fruit](/source/Fruit) is a four or five-valved [capsule](/source/Capsule_(fruit)), containing several [seeds](/source/Seed), each surrounded by a yellow-orange fleshy [aril](/source/Aril); the seeds are dispersed by [hornbills](/source/Hornbill) and [monkeys](/source/Monkey) which eat the aril.

## Species

Species accepted by [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) as of March 2019:[2]

- *[Guarea aguilarii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_aguilarii&action=edit&redlink=1)* Al.Rodr.
- *[Guarea anomala](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_anomala&action=edit&redlink=1)* T.D.Penn.
- *[Guarea bijuga](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_bijuga&action=edit&redlink=1)* C.DC.
- *[Guarea blanchetii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_blanchetii&action=edit&redlink=1)* C.DC.
- *[Guarea bullata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_bullata&action=edit&redlink=1)* Radlk.
- *[Guarea carapoides](/source/Guarea_carapoides)* Harms
- *[Guarea carinata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_carinata&action=edit&redlink=1)* Ducke
- *[Guarea cartaguenya](/source/Guarea_cartaguenya)* Cuatrec.
- *[Guarea casimiriana](/source/Guarea_casimiriana)* Harms
- *[Guarea caulobotrys](/source/Guarea_caulobotrys)* Cuatrec. (also spelt *caulobotryis*)
- *[Guarea chiricana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_chiricana&action=edit&redlink=1)* Standl.
- *[Guarea cinnamomea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_cinnamomea&action=edit&redlink=1)* Harms
- *[Guarea constricta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_constricta&action=edit&redlink=1)* Al.Rodr.
- *[Guarea convergens](/source/Guarea_convergens)* T.D.Penn.
- *[Guarea corrugata](/source/Guarea_corrugata)* Cuatrec.
- *[Guarea corticosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_corticosa&action=edit&redlink=1)* Al.Rodr.
- *[Guarea costata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_costata&action=edit&redlink=1)* A.Juss.
- *[Guarea crispa](/source/Guarea_crispa)* T.D.Penn.
- *[Guarea cristata](/source/Guarea_cristata)* T.D.Penn.
- *[Guarea donnell-smithii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_donnell-smithii&action=edit&redlink=1)* C.DC.
- *[Guarea ecuadoriensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_ecuadoriensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* W.Palacios
- *[Guarea eriorhachis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_eriorhachis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Harms
- *[Guarea fissicalyx](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_fissicalyx&action=edit&redlink=1)* Harms
- *[Guarea fistulosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_fistulosa&action=edit&redlink=1)* W.Palacios
- *[Guarea gentryi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_gentryi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Coronado
- *[Guarea glabra](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_glabra&action=edit&redlink=1)* Vahl
- *[Guarea gomma](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_gomma&action=edit&redlink=1)* Pulle
- *[Guarea gracilis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_gracilis&action=edit&redlink=1)* T.D.Penn.
- *[Guarea grossa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_grossa&action=edit&redlink=1)* T.D.Penn.
- *[Guarea guentheri](/source/Guarea_guentheri)* Harms
- *[Guarea guidonia](/source/Guarea_guidonia)* (L.) Sleumer
- *[Guarea hoffmanniana](/source/Guarea_hoffmanniana)* C.DC.
- *[Guarea humaitensis](/source/Guarea_humaitensis)* T.D.Penn.
- *[Guarea inesiana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_inesiana&action=edit&redlink=1)* Al.Rodr.
- *[Guarea jamaicensis](/source/Guarea_jamaicensis)* Proctor
- *[Guarea juglandiformis](/source/Guarea_juglandiformis)* T.D.Penn.
- *[Guarea kunthiana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_kunthiana&action=edit&redlink=1)* A.Juss.
- *[Guarea lozanoi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_lozanoi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Morales-P.
- *[Guarea luxii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_luxii&action=edit&redlink=1)* C.DC.
- *[Guarea macrocalyx](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_macrocalyx&action=edit&redlink=1)* Al.Rodr.
- *[Guarea macrophylla](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_macrophylla&action=edit&redlink=1)* Vahl
- *[Guarea megacostata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_megacostata&action=edit&redlink=1)* T.D.Penn.
- *[Guarea megantha](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_megantha&action=edit&redlink=1)* A.Juss.
- *[Guarea mexicana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_mexicana&action=edit&redlink=1)* Coronado
- *[Guarea michel-moddei](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_michel-moddei&action=edit&redlink=1)* T.D.Penn. & S.A.Mori
- *[Guarea pendula](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_pendula&action=edit&redlink=1)* R.da Silva Ramalho, A.L.Pinheiro & T.D.Penn.
- *[Guarea persistens](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_persistens&action=edit&redlink=1)* W.Palacios
- *[Guarea polymera](/source/Guarea_polymera)* Little
- *[Guarea pterorhachis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_pterorhachis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Harms
- *[Guarea pubescens](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_pubescens&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Rich.) A.Juss.
- *[Guarea purusana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_purusana&action=edit&redlink=1)* C.DC.
- *[Guarea pyriformis](/source/Guarea_pyriformis)* T.D.Penn.
- *[Guarea reticulatovenosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_reticulatovenosa&action=edit&redlink=1)* T.D.Penn.
- *[Guarea rhopalocarpa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_rhopalocarpa&action=edit&redlink=1)* Radlk.
- *[Guarea riparia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_riparia&action=edit&redlink=1)* W.Palacios
- *[Guarea scabra](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_scabra&action=edit&redlink=1)* A.Juss.
- *[Guarea silvatica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_silvatica&action=edit&redlink=1)* C.DC.
- *[Guarea sphenophylla](/source/Guarea_sphenophylla)* Urb.
- *[Guarea sprucei](/source/Guarea_sprucei)* C.DC.
- *[Guarea subandina](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_subandina&action=edit&redlink=1)* W.Palacios
- *[Guarea subsessilifolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_subsessilifolia&action=edit&redlink=1)* Al.Rodr.
- *[Guarea tafae-malekui](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_tafae-malekui&action=edit&redlink=1)* Al.Rodr.
- *[Guarea talamancana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_talamancana&action=edit&redlink=1)* Gómez-Laur. & Valerio
- *[Guarea tonduzii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_tonduzii&action=edit&redlink=1)* C.DC.
- *[Guarea trunciflora](/source/Guarea_trunciflora)* C.DC.
- *[Guarea velutina](/source/Guarea_velutina)* A.Juss.
- *[Guarea venenata](/source/Guarea_venenata)* T.D.Penn.
- *[Guarea zarceroensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_zarceroensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Coronado
- *[Guarea zepivae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarea_zepivae&action=edit&redlink=1)* T.D.Penn.

## Uses

The [timber](/source/Timber) is important; the African species are known as **bossé**, **guarea**, or **pink mahogany**, and the South American species as **cramantee** or **American muskwood**. It is said to possibly cause hallucinations if ingested.[3]

*Corinthos* sculpture in guarea wood by [Barbara Hepworth](/source/Barbara_Hepworth) at [Tate Liverpool](/source/Tate_Liverpool)[4]

The wood can be used for [sculpture](/source/Wood_sculpture) and was favoured by the British 20th century sculptor [Barbara Hepworth](/source/Barbara_Hepworth).[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Pennington_1-0)** Pennington, T. D.; Styles, B. T. (1975). "A Generic Monograph of the Meliaceae". *Blumea*. **22**: 419–540.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-POWO_2-0)** ["Guarea"](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331634-2). *Plants of the World Online*. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** McGuire, Kim (5 May 2009). ["Scientists get dirt on mystery plant"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090616130408/http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/sciencemedicine/story/75472D1F5D896D71862575AD000E9C69?OpenDocument). [St. Louis Post-Dispatch](/source/St._Louis_Post-Dispatch). Archived from [the original](http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/sciencemedicine/story/75472D1F5D896D71862575AD000E9C69?OpenDocument) on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2009.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Corinthos_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Corinthos_4-1) ["Corinthos 1954–5"](http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hepworth-corinthos-t00531/text-catalogue-entry). UK: [Tate Gallery](/source/Tate_Gallery). Retrieved 5 August 2015.

Taxon identifiers Guarea Wikidata: Q3307770 Wikispecies: Guarea APDB: 191094 BOLD: 194801 CoL: 4RDC EPPO: 1GURG FNA: 114141 GBIF: 3190499 GRIN: 5189 iNaturalist: 83921 IPNI: 331634-2 IRMNG: 1106665 ITIS: 29017 NCBI: 43908 Open Tree of Life: 815287 PLANTS: GUARE POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331634-2 Tropicos: 40017950 WFO: wfo-4000016309

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