Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bursera microphylla A.Gray [Burseraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
copal	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cuajilote colorado	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
elephant tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
elephant-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
littleleaf elephant tree	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
torote	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
torote blanco tree	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Elaphrium microphyllum (A.Gray) Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 25: 250 (1911).
Terebinthus microphylla (A.Gray) 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:
Bursera microphylla	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Bursera microphylla A. Gray	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Bursera microphylla A.Gray	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Bursera microphylla Gray	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Elaphrium microphyllum (A.Gray)Rose	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Terebinthus microphylla (A.Gray)Rose	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.