''Bursera'' is a genus with about 100 described species of flowering shrubs and trees varying in size up to high. It is the type genus for

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. The trees are native (often for many species

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) to the

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, from the southern

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south through to northern

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, in tropical and warm temperate forest habitats. It is named after the 17th-century

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botanist

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. Several Mexican species (such as '' B. aloexylon'' and '' B. delpechiana'') produce a type of wood known as ''linaloe'' (from

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, from Latin , ). They contain the aromatic oil

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. A number of species from tropical

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were once included in this genus, but are now treated in the genus ''Protium''.

Species

list sources :

Formerly placed here

*'' Canarium paniculatum'' (Lam.) Benth. ex Engl. (as ''B. paniculata'' Lam.) *''

Protium serratum ''Protium serratum'' is a small-medium tree species in the genus ''Protium (plant), Protium'' and the family Burseraceae. The Catalogue of Life does not record any subspecies. Its distribution is: Bhutan, China (Yunnan), Cambodia, India, Laos, M ...

'' (Wall. ex Colebr.) Engl. (as ''B. serrata'' Wall. ex Colebr.)

Uses

* Caranna, medicinal gum

Gallery

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Bursera penicillata ''Bursera penicillata'' is a Mexican species of trees in the frankincense family in the soapwood order. It is widespread in much of Mexico from Sonora and Chihuahua to Oaxaca and Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la L ...

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References

External links

Burseraceae genera {{Sapindales-stub