Glabrous muskwood
Guarea glabra
Family: Meliaceae
What it is like
A tree.
Where it is found
It is a tropical plant.
Countries/locations it is found in
Amazon, Andes, Antilles, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, South America, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, West Indies
How it is used for food
Edible parts
How it is grown
Its other names
Local names
Azote, Bejuco, Bejuco colorado, Bol-ba, Cacahuatillo, Cagaste, Canjuro, Carbon, Carbon colorado, Chohalante, Cramante, Cucharillo, Chichipate, Dorita, Duraznillo, Guaraguaillo, Huesillo, Mameicollo blanco, Pronto alivio, Quita calzon, Sotocaballo, Tococo
Synonyms
Carapa trijuga Willd. ex C.DC.; Guarea bijuga C.DC.; Guarea brachystachya Sessé & Moc. ex DC.; Guarea brevianthera C.DC.; Guarea bullata Radlk.; Guarea chiapensis S.F.Blake; Guarea chiricana Standl.; Guarea cook-griggsii C.DC.; Guarea donnell-smithii C.DC.; Guarea erythrocarpa C.DC.; Guarea excelsa Kunth; Guarea excelsa subsp. dubia S.F.Blake; Guarea filiformis C.DC.;; Guarea filiformis var. cinerascens C.DC.; Guarea filiformis var. pallida C.DC.; Guarea fulva Triana & Planch.; Guarea fulva var. mexicana C.DC.; Guarea glabrescens (Hook. & Arn.) S.F.Blake; Guarea heterophylla S.F.Blake; Guarea humilis Bertero ex DC.; Guarea kegelii Turcz.; Guarea lherminieri C.DC.; Guarea luxii C.DC.; Guarea makrinii S.F.Blake; Guarea matudae Lundell; Guarea microcalyx Harms; Guarea microcarpa C.DC.; Guarea obtusata S.F.Blake; Guarea palmeri Rose ex C.DC.; Guarea pauciflora Sessé & Moc.; Guarea polyantha S.F.Blake; Guarea purpurea C.DC.; Guarea ramiflora Vent.; Guarea rovirosae C.DC.; Guarea schomburgkii C.DC.; Guarea swartzii C.DC. Guarea syringoides C.H.Wright; Guarea ternifoliola C.DC. Guarea tonduzii C. DC. Guarea tuerckheimii C.DC. Guarea vahliana A.Juss. Guarea virescens C.DC. Sapindus glabrescens Hook. & Arn.