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| name = ''Burseraceae''
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| origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
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| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
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| color = IndianRed
| image = Bursera simaruba0.jpg
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| image_caption = Gumbo-limbo (''Bursera simaruba'')
| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
| classis = Magnoliopsida
| ordo = Sapindales
| familia = Burseraceae
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Burseraceae (from the genus Bursera, named in memory of Joachim Burser, a botanist in Naples). Bursera Family. Fig. 31. Trees or shrubs, often very large, with usually alternate compound leaves: flowers bisexual, regular, usually small and very numerous; sepals 3-5, more or less connate, imbricated or often valvate; petals 3-5, usually separate, imbricated or valvate; stamens usually twice as many as the petals, hypogynous, sometimes unequal, separate, the outer opposite the petals; disk present, annular or cup-shaped, rarely 0, sometimes adnate to the calyx; ovary superior, 2-5-celled; ovules usually 2 in each cell; style 1 or 0: fruit drupe-like with 2-5 stones or with a bony endocarp or a capsule with the epicarp opening and exposing the connate bony pits; seeds exalbuminous.
Burseraceae (from the genus Bursera, named in memory of Joachim Burser, a botanist in Naples). Bursera Family. Fig. 31. Trees or shrubs, often very large, with usually alternate compound leaves: flowers bisexual, regular, usually small and very numerous; sepals 3-5, more or less connate, imbricated or often valvate; petals 3-5, usually separate, imbricated or valvate; stamens usually twice as many as the petals, hypogynous, sometimes unequal, separate, the outer opposite the petals; disk present, annular or cup-shaped, rarely 0, sometimes adnate to the calyx; ovary superior, 2-5-celled; ovules usually 2 in each cell; style 1 or 0: fruit drupe-like with 2-5 stones or with a bony endocarp or a capsule with the epicarp opening and exposing the connate bony pits; seeds exalbuminous.
The family is very rich in resin and, therefore, is of considerable economic importance. These resins are frequently aromatic or fragrant; hence many have been used as incense. The resin myrrh is obtained from species of Commiphora of Arabia and Africa. Mecca balsam is from the same genus. Olibanum incense is derived from trees of the genus Boswellia, of India. Frankincense is either this olibanum or the resin from Boswellia Carteri. A substitute for dammar and copal has been obtained from the Burseraceae.
The family is very rich in resin and, therefore, is of considerable economic importance. These resins are frequently aromatic or fragrant; hence many have been used as incense. The resin myrrh is obtained from species of Commiphora of Arabia and Africa. Mecca balsam is from the same genus. Olibanum incense is derived from trees of the genus Boswellia, of India. Frankincense is either this olibanum or the resin from Boswellia Carteri. A substitute for dammar and copal has been obtained from the Burseraceae.
Few species of the Burseraceae are in cultivation in America: Bursera Simaruba, as an ornamental greenhouse tree; and Garuga pinnata, which is grown in Florida and California for the gooseberry-like fruit.
Few species of the Burseraceae are in cultivation in America: Bursera Simaruba, as an ornamental greenhouse tree; and Garuga pinnata, which is grown in Florida and California for the gooseberry-like fruit.{{SCH}}
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
==External links==
* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/burserac.htm Burseraceae] in [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.]
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