GUAREA (from Guara, the native name in Cuba). ORD. Meliaceae. A genus comprising thirty species of tall stove evergreen trees or shrubs, natives of tropical America, but rarely seen in cultivation. Flowers white or reddish, in axillary panicles, racemes, or spikes. Leaves pinnate; leaflets opposite or alternate. For culture, see Guaiacum. GUAREA grandiflora (large-flowered). fl., petals silky on the outside, hardly 1/2in. long; racemes elongated. February. l., leaflets many pairs, oval-oblong, 8in. or 9in. long. h. 30ft. French Guiana, 1752. All parts of this tree, but especially the bark, have a musk-like perfume. GUAREA ramiflora (branch-flowered). fl. whitish; racemes lateral, very short, rising from the sides of the branches. l., leaflets ovate-lanceolate. h. 20ft. Porto Rico, 1822. Tree. GUAREA Swartzii (Swartz's). fl. white; racemes elongated. June and July. l., leaflets lanceolate-ovate, acuminated, feather-nerved, with six or seven prominent lateral nerves beneath. h. 20ft. West Indian Islands, 1822. Tree.