protium copal

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Plant Resin & Wax Photos
... to the Anza Borrego Desert of southeastern California and south into Mexico. This resinous tree belongs to the torchwood family (Burseraceae), along with gumbo limbo (B. simaruba) and Guatemalan incense (Protium copal). The trunk and branches exude copious globs of fragrant oleoresin. Like the mideastern resins, frankincense and myrrh, elephant tree resin was also used for incense by native ...
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Handbook 4
... kup. The ‘incense tree’ of the Mixe comprises various species of Bursera and perhaps Protium (Burseraceae) that yield copal resin, which is burned for ritual and medicinal purposes. The etymology of this tree name can be traced to the proto-Mixe-Zoquean term *po:m(o), giving partial evidence that copal incense has played a role in Mesoamerican culture for thousands of years. A proto-language is ...
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Tico Ethnobotanical Dictionary -- H
... Hayuelo: Dodonaea (C) HEADACHE: A pain in the head. Abrus, Acacia, Adenanthera, Argemone, Capsicum, Coix, Commelina, Elaeis, Gossypium, Lagenaria, Melia, Morinda, Ocimum, Petiveria, Piscidia, Pothomorphe, Protium, Ricinus, Siparuna, Solanum, Spigelia, Terminalia, Thespesia. HEDEOMA AFF PULEGIOIDES: Wild peppermint (E); Menta (CR/ROC) HEDYOSMUM MEXICANUM Cordemoy. Almizcle (C); Colchon de pobre (C) ...
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