Bursera penicillata (Sessé & Moc.) Engl. is a plant in the Burseraceae family, order Sapindales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Bursera penicillata (Sessé & Moc.) Engl.

Bursera penicillata (Sessé & Moc.) Engl.

Bursera penicillata is a widespread Mexican small tree in the frankincense family with pinnately compound leaves.

Family
Genus
Bursera
Order
Sapindales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Bursera penicillata (Sessé & Moc.) Engl.

Bursera penicillata (Sessé & Moc.) Engl. is a Mexican tree species belonging to the frankincense family, within the soapwood order. It is widely distributed across large areas of Mexico, ranging from Sonora and Chihuahua in the north to Oaxaca and Veracruz in the south. This species grows as a small tree, and produces pinnately compound leaves that have 7 to 9 leaflets each.

Photo: (c) Ana Santiago, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ana Santiago · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Sapindales Burseraceae Bursera

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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