Bursera simaruba
Gumbo Limbo; West Indian Birch; umbo-limbo; copperwood; chaca; West Indian birch; naked Indian; turpentine tree
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | ||
| Deutsch | Weissgummibaum; Amerikanische Balsam | |
| English | Gumbo Limbo; West Indian Birch; umbo-limbo; copperwood; chaca; West Indian birch; naked Indian; turpentine tree | |
| Français | Gomart d'Amerique; Gommier (Fr. W.I.) | |
| Italiano | Weissgummibaum; Amerikanische Balsam | |
| Suomi | Weissgummibaum; Amerikanische Balsam | |
| Norsk | Weissgummibaum; Amerikanische Balsam | |
| Čeština | Weissgummibaum; Amerikanische Balsam | |
| Español | Almácigo, Carano (W.I., Mex., etc.), Jinocuave (Costa Rica) | |
| Svenska | Weissgummibaum; Amerikanische Balsam | |
| Polski | Weissgummibaum; Amerikanische Balsam | |
| Український | Weissgummibaum; Amerikanische Balsam | |
| Român | Weissgummibaum; Amerikanische Balsam | |
| Русский | Weissgummibaum; Amerikanische Balsam | |
| Български | Weissgummibaum; Amerikanische Balsam | |
| EESTI | Weissgummibaum; Amerikanische Balsam | |
| 日本語 | Weissgummibaum; Amerikanische Balsam | |
| Other names | Almácigo, Carano (W.I., Mex., etc.), Jinocuave (Costa Rica) |
Origin
| States and Territories | St. Kitts; Virgin Isl. (Guana, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Bolívar, Carabobo, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Zulia); Jamaica; Mexico (Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Nicaragua; Bonaire; St. Eustatius; Montserrat; Cayman Isl.; Saba; Honduras; Curaçao; St. Martin/St. Maarten; Anguilla; Hispaniola; St. Vincent; Antigua; Barbados; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Costa Rica; Grenadines; Barbuda; Marie-Galante; French Guiana; Grenada; Martinique; Tobago; Panama; Bahamas; USA (Florida Keys); Belize; Trinidad; St. Barthélémy; Aruba; Colombia (Antioquia, Bolívar, Casanare, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Sucre, Vichada); Guatemala; Puerto Rico; Isla Margarita; Navassa Isl.; Guyana; Dominica; Guadeloupe; N-Brazil (Roraima, Amazonas); Saint Lucia | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Sapindales | |||
| Family | Burseraceae | |||
| Genus | Bursera | |||
| Species | simaruba | |||
| Author citation | (L.) Sarg. | |||
| Scientific name | Bursera simaruba (L.) Sarg. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC | |||
Appearances
Wood
Hough
Bursera simaruba , ©Dennis Wilson
Bark
, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
Leaves
, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson
Branch
, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson