Guaiacum officinale (common name: lignum vitae)

[Mahadeswara Swamy]

I am enclosing the photographs of Guaiacum officinale taken during March in Theosophical society campus in Chennai.
Dr.Mahadeswara swamy

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[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Dr. Swami,

I think file size is quite big & not as per group guidelines.

I know your anexiety for greater participation. But you have to re-size your pictures to say max. upto 800 by 600 pixels with quality settings of say 5 to 10 to bring it upto a max. of 150 KB.
 

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[J.M. Garg]

Here are extracts from Wikipedia link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaiacum_officinale

from Koehler's Medicinal-Plants (1887)

Guaiacum officinale is one of the species yielding the true lignum vitae, a wood once used to treat syphilis. All species in this genus Guaiacum are CITES-listed. The other species of true Lignum Vitae is Guaiacum sanctum.

The genus, Guaiacum, is taken from the tree's Carib Indian name. The tree is native to the West Indies, southern Florida, the western coast of Central America, and the northern coast of South America. This small tree is very slow growing, reaching about 10 m in height with a trunk diameter of 60 cm. The tree is essentially evergreen throughout most of its native range. The leaves are compound, 2.5 to 3 cm in length, and 2 cm wide. The blue flowers have five petals which yield a bright yellow-orange fruit with red flesh and black seeds.

Guaiacum officinale is the national flower of Jamaica

 

On 4/9/08, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi, Dr. Swami,

I think file size is quite big & not as per group guidelines.

I know your anexiety for greater participation. But you have to re-size your pictures to say max. upto 800 by 600 pixels with quality settings of say 5 to 10 to bring it upto a max. of 150 KB.
 

On 4/9/08, Mahadeswara Swamy <swamy...@yahoo.com> wrote:

I am enclosing the photographs of Guaiacum officinale taken during March in Theosophical society campus in Chennai.
Dr.Mahadeswara swamy


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