Bursera suntui
Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID64400e56c434b572401391 |
| Scientific name | Bursera suntui |
| Authority | C.A.Toledo |
| First published in | Biótica 9: 446 (1984 publ. 1985) |
General Uses Top
Suggest a correction!Common products:
- Aromatic oleoresin (resin) harvested by tapping the trunk; steam-distilled essential oil; heartwood and sapwood for timber; leaves and branches as minor fuelwood.
Industrial and craft applications:
- Resin used as a natural varnish resin and base for incense and adhesives in regional crafts. Essential oil employed as a fragrance in soaps and detergents.
Wood and fiber:
- Light to medium-density wood used locally for carpentry, turned objects, tool handles, and small construction. Potential as a fiber source is not established.
Properties relevant to use:
- Resin is a complex mixture of monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes; essential oil shows terpenoid-rich composition (e.g., α-pinene, limonene), conferring volatility and solvent properties conducive to varnish formulations and fragrance applications. Wood exhibits favorable density and workability typical of Bursera timbers, with consistent grain and finish characteristics suitable for carpentry and turned products.
Standards and regulation:
- Compliance with regional standards for natural resins (e.g., Varnish resin; NF 64-002) and wood products (e.g., CE marking for solid wood components) applies where products are marketed. National food/fragrance regulations govern the use of essential oils in consumer products.
Sustainability and sourcing:
- Resin is extracted by localized tapping; sustainable harvest rates are not standardized but informal management is practiced to avoid tree mortality. Timber is harvested from managed or secondary-growth trees; oleoresin production is viewed as a lower-impact alternative to logging for livelihood and cultural uses.
Germination/Propagation Top
Suggest a correction or add new data!
No germination or propagation data was added yet.
Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
Legend for the distribution data:
- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
-
Northern America click to expand
-
Mexico
- Mexico Central
- Mexico Southwest
-
Mexico
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000576332 |
| Tropicos | 50337638 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:273575-2 |
| The Plant List | kew-2687663 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 841937 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 80329 |
| IUCN Red List | 137373952 |
| IPNI | 273575-2 |
| iNaturalist | 276394 |
| GBIF | 3993908 |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
No reference genome is available on NCBI yet. We are constantly monitoring for new data.
Scientific Literature Top
Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
If you wish to see all the related articles click here.
If you wish to see all the related articles click here.
| Title | Authors | Publication | Released | IDs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit Size and Structure of Zoochorous Trees: Identifying Drivers for the Foraging Preferences of Fruit-Eating Birds in a Mexican Successional Dry Forest | Almazán-Núñez RC, Alvarez-Alvarez EA, Sierra-Morales P, Rodríguez-Godínez R | Animals (Basel) | 23-Nov-2021 |
|
||||||
| Oxygenated verticillene derivatives from Bursera suntui. | García-Gutiérrez HA, Cerda-García-Rojas CM, Hernández-Hernández JD, Román-Marín LU, Joseph-Nathan P | Phytochemistry | 01-Nov-2008 |
|
||||||
| Verticillane derivatives from Bursera suntui and Bursera kerberi. | Hernández-Hernández JD, Román-Marín LU, Cerda-García-Rojas CM, Joseph-Nathan P | J Nat Prod | 01-Nov-2005 |
|
Phytochemical Profile Top
Add a new one!
Below are displayed the proven (via scientific papers) natural compounds!
You can also contribute to this by clicking here.
You can also contribute to this by clicking here.
Collections Top
| In private collections | 0 |
| In public collections | 0 |