Malvaceae
Guazuma

Guazuma ulmifolia Lam.

First published in Encycl. 3: 52 (1789)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food, a medicine and invertebrate food, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel and food.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61785778/61785781

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
bolaina, guásima, guásimo, guásimo blanco, guásimo colorado, guásimo macho, guásimo negro, guásimo rojo, mielquemada, nacedero
[UNAL]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Caribbean, Orinoquia, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–1800 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Casanare, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Norte de Santander, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vaupés, Vichada.
Habit
Shrub, Tree.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC. National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Burücunae (Sikuani), Bwa dom, Bwa dom (Sikuani), Cabeza de negrito, Cabeza de negrito (Sikuani), Cara de mico, Cara de mico (Sikuani), Caulote
[UPFC]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 0 - 1800 m.
Distribution
Native from Colombia.
Conservation
Not Evaluated.
Morphology General Habit
Shrub.
Vernacular
Jumuu, huacimo, bwa dom, guácimo colorado, naceder.
[UPB]

Sterculiaceae, Martin Cheek & Laurence Dorr; Nesogordonia, Laurence Dorr, Lisa Barnett. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2007

Note
Native to tropical and subtropical America; occasionally cultivated in the Old World tropics.
[FTEA]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 1800 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Pacífico, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Arbusto, árbol
Conservation
Preocupación Menor
[CPLC]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Vernacular
BA’CEDAR
Morphology General Habit
A small tree up to 10 m tall or more; leaves ovate to ovate-oblong, 3–15 cm long, acute to acuminate at the apex, usually cordate or subcordate and inequilateral at base, pubescent with stellate hairs on both sides
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences 2–3 cm long; sepals 3–4 mm long, reflexed; petals yellowish or cream, 3–4 mm long, minutely stellate-pubescent on the outside, the appendage 4–6 mm long and 0.2–0.5 mm wide
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit globose or oblongoid, 17–37 mm long, indehiscent, the blackish tubercles separating deeply and irregularly at maturity; seeds numerous, obovoid, 2–3.8 mm long.
Distribution
Apparently very rare in the Cayman Islands. West Indies and continental tropical America.
Ecology
Usually in dry open woodlands or on the borders of pastures.
Recognition
It is a rather useful tree: in addition to being resistant to drought, rope and twine can be made from the tough fibrous bark, the flowers are a good source of honey, and both the foliage and the immature fruits make nutritious fodder for cattle and other stock.
[Cayman]

Uses

Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Fuel
Used for fuels.
Use Gene Sources
Used as gene sources.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Invertebrate Food
Used as invertebrate food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Social
Social uses.
[UPFC]

Use Fuel
Used as a cooking fuel (López-Camacho et al. 2016).
Use Materials Fibres
Bark - Fibres are obtained to make string from the bark (Cadena-González 2010).
Use Materials Unspecified Materials Chemicals
Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Materials Wood
Entire plant - Used for construction and to make boxes (López-Camacho et al. 2016).
Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016, Instituto Humboldt 2014).
Use Social
Stems and branches - Used to make games (Linares 1994).
[UPB]

Common Names

Spanish
Guácimo, guásimo, guásimo colorado, guásimo blanco, aquiche, tablote, huacimo, cabeza de negrito, cara de mico, chicarrón, caulote, guácima, guácimo colorado, nacedero, bolaina, guacimo, mielquemada.

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