A tropical American tree with edible fruits and useful bark fiber, related to the hibiscus family.
From Nahuatl (Aztec language) guaxin or related Mesoamerican indigenous languages. The word survived conquest and entered Spanish colonial usage, then English botanical texts.
Guaxima's inner bark makes a fiber finer than linen, and pre-Columbian peoples used it for textiles—yet it's almost unknown globally today, overshadowed by cotton. Lost plant knowledge like this happens surprisingly often.
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