“Well-Being” presents Guanandi
Guanandi is the proposed tree for the fifteenth station of the park. Its binomial name is Calophyllum brasiliense Cambess. It belongs to the Calophyllaceae family.
It is known by several popular names:
casca-d’anta (tapir peel)
cedro-do-pântano (swamp cedar)
cedro-do-mangue (mangrove cedar)
galandim
guanambi
guanambi-carvalho (oak guanambi)
guanambi-cedro (cedar guanambi)
guanambi-landim
guanambi-de-leite (milk guanambi)
guanambi-vermelho (red guanambi)
golandim
guanandi (named in the southwest of Brazil)
guanandi-amarelo (yellow guanandi)
guanandi-do-brejo (swamp guanandi)
guanandi-carvalho (oak guanandi)
guanandi-cedro (cedar guanandi)
guanandi-da-praia (beach guanandi)
guanandi-jaca (jackfruit guanandi)
guanandi-landim
guanandi-landium
guanandi-lombriga (worm guanandi)
guanandi-piolho (lice guanandi)
guanandi-poca
guanandirana
guanandi-rosa (pink guanandi)
guanandi-vermelho (red guanandi)
guanantim
gulande
gulande-carvalho (oak gulande)
gulandi
gulandi-carvalho (oak gulandi)
gulandin
gulandium
gulanvin-cavalo (gulanvin-horse)
iarairandira
inglês (english)
irá-iandi
jacareaba
jacareíba
jacareúba (named in the Amazon region)
jacareúba-guanadilandium
jacareúba-guanani
jacare-uba
jacarioba
jacariúba
jacurandi
landi
landi-carvalho (oak landi)
landi-do-brejo (swamp landi)
landi-jacareíba
landim (named in the Amazon region)
landim-do-brejo (swamp landim)
landim-jacareúba
landinho (small landi)
landium
landium-do-brejo (swamp landium)
landium-jacareíba
lantim
maria (Mary)
oanandi
oanandim
olandi
olandi-carvalho (oak olandi)
olandim
olando-carvalho (oak olando)
pau-de-azeite (olivewood)
pau-de-maria (Mary’s wood)
pau-de-santa-maria (St. Mary’s wood)
pau-sândalo (sandalwood)
pindaíba
pindaíva
santa-maria (St. Mary)
uaiandi
uá-iandi
uáiandi
urandi
The word “Guanandi” comes from the Tupi language and means “fruit with sticky gum”. It is native to the Amazon, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest biomes of Brazil. The latex in its bark is used to produce landim balm, which has medicinal uses, such as healing (i.e., helping the growth of a new tissue that forms over a wound).
It is a tree that grows up to 30 meters (98 feet), with a trunk that can reach 60 cm (23 inches) in diameter. Its wood, considered hardwood, was widely used in the construction of ships during the Brazilian imperial period.
Its flowers are white and bloom from September to November. Its leaves have a characteristic light green surface and are intersected by a charming dark green central line.
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