Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bursera simaruba (L.) Sarg. [Burseraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
almacigo	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
almácigo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
almácigo amarillo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
almácigo blanco	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
almácigo colorado	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
almácigo encarnado	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
amerikanskt balsamträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
archipín	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
birch	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bois de gommier blanc	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cachibú	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
carana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chaca	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chacah	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chakaj	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
chakchakaj	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
chinacahuite	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chino	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
copon almacigo blanco	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
copón	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
doctor	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
elequeme	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gumbo limbo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Tropical Trees of Costa Rica (Zuchowski et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gumbo-limbo	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gumbolimbo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hombre desnudo	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
indio desnudo	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Tropical Trees of Costa Rica (Zuchowski et al., 2008)
jicote	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jinocuabo	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
jinote	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
jiote	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jiñicüite	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jiñocuabo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jiñocuave	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jiñocuavo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jiñote	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
limsi	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
mulato	Other	Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
palo chino	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
palo colorado	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
palo de jiote	Other	Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014)
palo jiote	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
palo mulato	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pellejo de indio	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
piocha	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
quiote	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
red birch	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
red man bark	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
surúsu wügüri	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
tacamahaca	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
torchwood	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
torote	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ts¥k	Other	Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002)
turpentine tree	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
west indian birch	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
west indian-birch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zongolica	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark		Tropical Trees of Costa Rica (Zuchowski et al., 2008)
bark		Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
bark, leaves		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
bark, leaves, roots		Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015)
Leaves		Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014)
bark		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
bark		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
bark, leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bursera gummifera L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 471 (1762).
Elaphrium simaruba (L.) Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 25: 246 (1911).
Pistacia simaruba L. Sp. Pl.: 1026 (1753).
Bursera arborea (Rose) L.Riley Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1923: 167 (1923).
Bursera bonairensis Bold. Fl. Curaçao: 48 (1914).
Bursera gummifera var. glabrata Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 173 (1859).
Bursera gummifera var. polyphylla DC. Prodr. 2: 78 (1825).
Bursera integerrima (Tul.) Triana & Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 14: 303 (1872).
Bursera simaruba var. yucatanensis Lundell Wrightia 3: 4 (1961).
Bursera subpubescens (Rose) Engl. Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2. 19a: 425 (1931).
Elaphrium arboreum (Rose) Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 25: 247 (1911).
Elaphrium integerrimum Tul. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 6: 369 (1846).
Elaphrium subpubescens Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 25: 247 (1911).
Icicariba simaruba M.Gómez Fl. Haban.: 214 (1914), not validly publ.
Terebinthus arborea Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 118 (1906).
Terebinthus simaruba (L.) W.Wight ex Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 122 (1906).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bursera gummifera	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Bursera gummifera Engler	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Bursera gummifera L.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Bursera simaruba	Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015) Tropical Trees of Costa Rica (Zuchowski et al., 2008)
Bursera simaruba (L.) Sarg.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Bursera simaruba (L.)Sarg.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Bursera simaruba Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Elaphrium simaruba (L.)Rose	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pistacia simaruba L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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