Elaphrium simaruba (L.) Rose
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Burseraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A tree, reaching a maximum height of about 20 m. with a trunk up to 1 m. in diameter, usually much smaller, the branches spreading, the thick red-brown, smooth and shining bark peeling off in thin layers. Leaves glabrous or sometimes pubescent, petioled, 1-2 dm. long; leaflets 3-7, ovate to obovate, firm in texture, 3-8 em. long, acute or acuminate; racemes glabrous or pubescent, 5-10 cm. long; pedicels 4-8 mm. long; calyx-lobes about 1 mm. long; petals greenish, 2-2.5 mm. long, ovate to oblong-lanceolate; drupes oblong, 3-angled, 5-10 mm. long, splitting into 3 valves; seed white.
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Distribution
Coppices, throughout the archipelago from Abaco and Great Bahama to Turk's Islands. Anguilla Isles and Cay Sal : Florida : West Indies ; Mexico and tropical continental America. Gumbo-limbo, West Indian Bibch, Gum-elemi.
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Anguilla South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies| México Mexico North America|