Protium (plant)

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Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Sapindales Family: Burseraceae Genus: Protium Burm.f.
Species
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Protium is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Burseraceae, native to northern South America, and to southern Asia from Pakistan east to Vietnam. The genus is closely related to the genus Bursera, and some species are included in it by some authorities.

The species are trees up to 25 m tall.

Selected species

• Protium aracouchini
• Protium decandrum
• Protium elegans
• Protium gigantium
• Protium guianense
• Protium heptaphyllum
• Protium serratum (syn. Bursera serrata)

References

• Germplasm Resources Information Network: Protium
• Flora of Pakistan (treats species in the genus Bursera)