Torchwood
Botanical name: Burseraceae
Torchwood
Botanical name: Burseraceae
Species of Torchwood
Bursera
The bursera are a genus of trees and shrubs found in the tropical Americas. It prefers coastal areas of arid deserts and is small to medium sized, often making great ornamental bonsai trees. The wood linaloe produces an aromatic oil called linalool. Its Latin name Bursera was named after Danish botanist Joachim Burser.
Canarium
Canarium is a genus of about 100 species of tropical and subtropical trees, in the family Burseraceae. They grow naturally across tropical Africa, south and southeast Asia, Indochina, Malesia, Australia and western Pacific Islands. They grow up to large evergreen trees of 40 to 49 m tall, and have alternately arranged, pinnate leaves.
Protium
Protium is a genus of more than 140 species of flowering plants in the family Burseraceae. It is native to the Neotropics (where around 175 species have been found), Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and southern Asia from Pakistan east to Vietnam. The species are usually small or medium-sized trees, but some can be large, up to 35 m tall.
Myrrh
The genus contains approximately 190 species of shrubs and trees, which are distributed throughout the (sub-) tropical regions. Leaves in myrrh are pinnately compound (or very rarely unifoliolate). Many species are armed with spines. Bark is often exfoliating, peeling in thin sheets to reveal colorful, sometimes photosynthetic bark, below. Stems are frequently succulent, especially in species native to drier environments. Flowers are subdioecious and fruits are drupes, usually with a 2-locular ovary (one is abortive).
Tetragastris
Garuga
Garugas are found in Asia and America. Garuga species are deciduous trees. The flowers are bisexual. The fruits are drupes (i.e. with a pit). As of summer 2014 The Plant List recognises 5 accepted taxa (of species and infraspecific names).
Scientific Classification
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