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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Protium''
| image =
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption =
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Sapindales]]
| familia = [[Burseraceae]]
| genus = '''''Protium'''''
| genus_authority = [[Nicolaas Laurens Burman|Burm.f.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Protium''''' is a small genus of [[flowering plant]]s 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 [[tree]]s 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==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?9879 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Protium'']
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=104892 Flora of Pakistan] (treats species in the genus ''Bursera'')
[[Category:Burseraceae]]
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