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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Bursera simaruba (L.) Sarg.
Gammalamme, Gum-elemi, Gumbo-limbo, Tourist tree, West Indian birch

Bursera simaruba
Copyright by: Melissa E. Abdo

Family: Burseraceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Tree

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies, peninsular Florida, Mexico, Central America and northern South America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Other data on Bursera simaruba available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Bursera simaruba has been reported for the following 2 habitats in the Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice
Pineland

All Images:

Bursera simaruba
Copyright by: Melissa E. Abdo
Bursera simaruba
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2019
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County
Bursera simaruba
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Bursera simaruba
Copyright by: Hans van der Heiden, 2019
In habitat, George N. Avery Pineland, Miami-Dade County
Bursera simaruba
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Bursera simaruba
Copyright by: Shirley Denton