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Taxon:
Bursera simaruba
(L.) Sarg.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Bursera
Family:
Burseraceae
Nomen number:
310563
Place of publication:
Garden & Forest 3:260. 1890
Verified:
11/12/1993
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Pistacia simaruba
L.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Elaphrium simaruba
(L.) Rose
No images
Reference(s)
Adams, C.
Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972
Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson.
Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Note:
based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
http://www.skud.info
Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll.
Flora of the Bahama archipelago. 1982
Encke, F. et al.
Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Note:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Bursera+simaruba&quantity=1
Fournet, J.
Flore illustree des phanerogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique. 1978
Gooding, E. G. et al.
Flora of Barbados. 1965
Howard, R.
Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
Huxley, A., ed.
The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier).
Flora de Cuba. 1946-1962; suppl. 1969
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
Hortus third. 1976
Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell.
Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. 1982
Liogier, H. A.
Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. 1984-
Mabberley, D. J.
The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Note:
American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
McVaugh, R. & J. Rzedowski.
1965. Synopsis of the genus
Bursera
L. in western Mexico, with notes on the material of
Bursera
collected by Sessé & Mociño. Kew Bull. 18:354-355.
Moscoso, R. M.
Catalogus florae domingensis. 1943
Rehm, S.
Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds.
Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes. 1991-
http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/publicaciones/FLOBA.htm
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
Standley, P. C.
Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721. 1920
Note:
= Elaphrium
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds.
Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. 1995-
Note:
Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
Flora of Panama. 1943-1980
Common names
English
West Indian-birch –
Reference(s)
French
bois de gommier blanc –
Reference(s)
Spanish
gumbo limbo –
Reference(s)
palo jiote –
Reference(s)
Spanish (Mexico)
palo mulato –
Reference(s)
Swedish
amerikanskt balsamträd –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Mexico
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Florida
s.
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Amazonas
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Roraima
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Anguilla
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Bahamas
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Barbados
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Cayman Islands
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Dominica
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Grenada
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Guadeloupe
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Hispaniola
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Jamaica
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Martinique
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Montserrat
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Puerto Rico
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Kitts and Nevis
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Lucia
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Vincent and Grenadines
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Belize
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Costa Rica
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
El Salvador
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Guatemala
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Honduras
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Nicaragua
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Panama
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Northern America
REGION:
Mexico
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Florida (s.)]
Southern America
BRAZIL:
Brazil
[Amazonas, Roraima]
CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola
,
Anguilla
,
Antigua and Barbuda
,
Bahamas
,
Barbados
,
Cuba
,
Cayman Islands
,
Dominica
,
Guadeloupe
,
Grenada
,
Jamaica
,
St. Kitts and Nevis
,
St. Lucia
,
Montserrat
,
Martinique
,
Puerto Rico
,
Trinidad and Tobago
,
St. Vincent and Grenadines
MESOAMERICA:
Belize
,
Costa Rica
,
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
,
El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Guyana
,
Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Fuels
fuelwood (fide Pl Book) –
Reference(s)
Materials
gum/resin (fide F Guat) –
Reference(s)
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Reference(s)
Name
References
Economic Uses