''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

Burseraceae The Burseraceae are a moderate-sized family of 17-19 genera and about 540 species of flowering plants. The actual numbers differ according to the time period in which a given source is written describing this family. The Burseraceae are also k ...

. 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 Danish botanist Joachim Burser. 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'' (Wall. ex Colebr.) Engl. (as ''B. serrata'' Wall. ex Colebr.)

Uses

* Caranna, medicinal gum

Gallery

Image:Bursera citronella (syn B delpichiana) trunks at Hyderabad, AP W IMG 7219.jpg, '' Bursera penicillata'' trunks File:Bursera citronella (syn B delpichiana) fruits & leaves at Hyderabad, AP W IMG 7070.jpg, '' Bursera penicillata'' fruits and leaves File:Bursera citronella (syn B delpichiana) trunk at Hyderabad, AP W IMG 7071.jpg, '' Bursera penicillata'' trunk

References

External links

Burseraceae genera {{Sapindales-stub