''Bursera glabrifolia'' is a species of tree native to central Mexico ( Guerrero,

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, Oaxaca). ''Bursera glabrifolia'' is one of two species commonly referred to as copal. Copal is the wood most commonly used by the woodcarvers in Oaxaca, Mexico. The woodcarvers refer to ''Bursera glabrifolia'' as "macho" or male copal, which they like less than '' Bursera bipinnata'', which they refer to as "Hembra" or female copal. ''Bursera glabrifolia'' is a small tree native to the tropical dry forests of Mexico. It was first described by Carl Sigismund Kunth in 1824 as ''Elaphrium glabrifolium'' and then transferred to the genus ''Bursera'' by Adolf Engler in 1896.

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