Left: Leaf and seed capsule of native lignum vitae, Guaiacum sanctum. Right: the non-native Guaiacum officinale seeds and capsule. Kenneth Setzer Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden The almost-mythical ...

The Lignum Vitae is not just a flower; it is a living testament to Jamaica’s tenacity and endurance throughout its tumultuous past. The name itself — Latin for “wood of life” — reflects the remarkable ...

The almost-mythical lignum vitae tree is surprisingly easy to grow. It suffers from a reputation as being slow-growing and hard to find, but this native is easily incorporated into landscaping and ...

Lignum vitae is an attractive member of the small Zygophyllaceae family. Surprisingly, this wood of life tree is underused in local landscapes mostly because of its slow growth habit. This slow growth ...

There is a charming tropical shrub that goes by the name of Lignum vitae (Guaiacum sanctum), or sometimes Holywood Lignum-vitae. This slow-growing shrub has pinnate compound leaves, which means pairs ...

NEPA, in a statement on Thursday (September 3), while not indicating the specific country, said that it was notified in late August and that the item has been seized on arrival, pending the probe.

A programme about a chair from the Caribbean from Radio 4’s A History of the World in 100 Objects mentioned the wood lignum vitae, which reminded me of the clocks of John Harrison. According to the ...

The mountainous Italian town of Artena holds an annual soap box derby for wood vehicles – and they mean 100% wood, not a speck of anything else. Fierce competition led [Alessio] to engineering and CNC ...

"Lignum-Vitae is a very hard resinous wood...it is the hardest, heaviest, and closest grained wood known, with a density almost equal to iron." Source: the "Wartime Report" included in record.