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Bursera galeottiana

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Author:  Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler, 1881
Family:  BURSERACEAE
Origin:  Oaxaca, Mexico
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Maximum
Thickness:  30 Centimetres
Height:  6-8 Meters
Flower:  Greenish Yellow
Propagate:  Seeds/Cuttings
Names:  -
Synonyms:  Schinus angustifolia, Sessé & Moc. 1890.
Terebinthus
galeottiana Rose, 1906.
Elaphrium galeottianum Rose, 1911.

This member of the Burseraceae family was described by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in 1881. It is found in Oaxaca, Mexico, growing in well-drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The stem can grow to 30 centimetres or more in diameter, and will reach from six to eight meters.

The genera is named after: Joachim Burser, German/Danish botanist,1583-1639. The species name after Henri Guillaume Galeotti, 1814 – 1858, a French-Belgian botanist, geologist and plant collector in Mexico of Italian parentage born in Paris. He specialized in the study of the family Cactaceae.