Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bursera copallifera (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Bullock [Burseraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
copal	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
copal blanco	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
copal de penca	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
copal santo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
copalli	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
copalquahuitl	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
elemí de méxico	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
goma de limón	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ngedni	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ngidi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amyris rugosa Willd. ex Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 58 (1883).
Bursera jorullensis (Kunth) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 57 (1883).
Bursera palmeri var. glabrescens S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 25: 145 (1890).
Elaphrium copalliferum Moc. & Sessé ex DC. Prodr. 1: 724 (1824).
Elaphrium jorullense Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 7: 28 (1824).
Amyris copallifera (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 219 (1825).
Amyris jorullensis (Kunth) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 148 (1827).
Amyris lanuginosa Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 149 (1827).
Bursera glabrescens (S.Watson) Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 313 (1895).
Bursera lanuginosa (Kunth) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 58 (1883).
Elaphrium crenatum Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 179 (1879), orth. var.
Elaphrium glabrescens (S.Watson) Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 25: 256 (1911).
Elaphrium lanuginosum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 7: 31 (1824).
Fagara copallifera (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) F.Dietr. Neu. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 4: 2 (1835).
Terebinthus glabrescens (S.Watson) Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 119 (1906).
Terebinthus jorullensis (Kunth) W.Wight ex Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 119 (1906).
Terebinthus lanuginosa (Kunth) Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 120 (1906).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amyris rugosa	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Bursera copallifera (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Bullock	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Bursera copallifera (SessÃ© & MoÃ§. ex DC.)Bullock	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Bursera copallifera (Sessé & Moç. ex DC.)Bullock	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
Bursera jorullense (Kunth)Engl.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Bursera jorullensis Engler	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Bursera palmeri S.Watson glabrescens S.Watson	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Elaphrium copalliferum SessÃ© & MoÃ§. ex DC.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Elaphrium jorullense Kunth	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Elaphrium jorullensis Kunth	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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