Burseraceae
Bursera fagaroides (Kunth) Engl.
Bursera fagaroides (Kunth) Engl.
Bursera fagaroides, torchwood copal, is a flowering desert shrub or tree grown ornamentally, with medicinal gum from its bark.
Bursera graveolens (Kunth) Triana & Planch.
Bursera graveolens (Kunth) Triana & Planch.
Bursera graveolens (palo santo) is a wild tree native to Central and South America widely used for ritual and folk medicinal purposes.
Bursera hindsiana (Benth.) Engl.
Bursera hindsiana (Benth.) Engl.
Bursera hindsiana is a small Mexican tree in the frankincense family that grows in northwestern Mexico and Gulf of California islands.
Bursera microphylla A.Gray
Bursera microphylla A.Gray
Bursera microphylla is a desert-adapted North American tree with documented traditional uses and bird seed dispersal.
Bursera simaruba (L.) Sarg.
Bursera simaruba (L.) Sarg.
Bursera simaruba, commonly gumbo-limbo, is a versatile tree with many ecological, economic, and medicinal uses.
Bursera glabrifolia (Kunth) Engl.
Bursera glabrifolia (Kunth) Engl.
Bursera glabrifolia is a small Mexican tree, one of two copal species used by Oaxacan woodcarvers, who call it male copal.
Bursera filicifolia Brandegee
Bursera filicifolia Brandegee
Bursera filicifolia is an uncommon North American tree species in the Frankincense Family found only in northwestern Mexico.
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.
Bursera bipinnata (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Engl.
Bursera bipinnata (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Engl.
Bursera bipinnata is a Mesoamerican copal tree widely harvested for carving in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Bursera grandifolia (Schltdl.) Engl.
Bursera grandifolia (Schltdl.) Engl.
Bursera grandifolia is a widespread tree of Mexico and Central America in the frankincense family.
Bursera laxiflora S.Watson
Bursera laxiflora S.Watson
Bursera laxiflora is a small North American native tree species in the frankincense family, native primarily to northwestern Mexico.
Bursera cerasiifolia Brandegee
Bursera cerasiifolia Brandegee
Bursera cerasiifolia is an uncommon shrub or small tree found only in Baja California Sur, northwestern Mexico.
Canarium australianum F.Muell.
Canarium australianum F.Muell.
Canarium australianum F.Muell., commonly scrub turpentine, is a dioecious tree native to northern Australia and New Guinea.
Canarium subulatum Guillaumin
Canarium subulatum Guillaumin
Canarium subulatum is a Burseraceae tropical forest tree found in southern China and Indo-China with no listed subspecies.
Canarium strictum Roxb.
Canarium strictum Roxb.
Canarium strictum is a resin-producing Burseraceae tree valued for its medicinally and commercially used black dammar resin.
Commiphora africana (Rich.) Engl.
Commiphora africana (Rich.) Engl.
Commiphora africana (African myrrh) is a small deciduous sub-Saharan tree with many uses for people and livestock.
Commiphora saxicola Engl.
Commiphora saxicola Engl.
Commiphora saxicola (rock corkwood) is an endemic protected Namibian shrub with edible fruit and sweet resin used to suppress thirst.
Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex Colebr.
Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex Colebr.
Boswellia serrata, the plant that produces Indian frankincense, is native to India and the cross-border Punjab region.
Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) Marchand
Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) Marchand
Protium heptaphyllum is an evergreen Amazonian tree with edible fruit, useful wood, resin, and ornamental value.
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