Prockia crucis
| Guasimilla | |
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| The flowers of Prockia crucis. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Genus: | Prockia |
| Species: | P. crucis
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| Binomial name | |
| Prockia crucis | |
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Prockia crucis, commonly known as guasimilla, is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae, distributed across the Americas. As the type species of its genus, it was first named by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, but described by Patrick Browne earlier. The plant is used in medicine, food, and gardening, with a conservation status of least concern on the IUCN Red List.