Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Lignum VItae / Wood of Life


7/12/2012 Plantation Botanical Garden

7/12/2012 Plantation Botanical Garden

10/1/2008 Constitution Park, Deerfield Beach

12/1/20008 Plantation Botanical Garden
Wood of Life / Tree of Life / Lignum Vitae = Guajacum sanctum
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Origin; Tropical Americas

Jamaican National Flower!
It's a hard, dense and durable wood, it will sink in water.
The most dense wood in the world.


7/12/2012 Plantation Botanical Garden


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