''Bursera cerasifolia'' is an uncommon North American species of trees in the
Frankincense Family in the
soapwood order. It has been found only in the State of
Baja California Sur
Baja California Sur, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur, is a state in Mexico. It is the 31st and last state to be admitted, in 1974. It is also the second least populated Mexican state and the ninth-largest state by ...
in northwestern Mexico.
''Bursera cerasifolia'' is a shrub or small tree 4–8 meters tall. Leaves are simple (not compound), 4–6 cm long, usually crowded together at the tips of branches. Drupes are hairless and egg-shaped.
Rose, Joseph Nelson 1911. North American Flora 25: 244
as ''Elaphrium cerasifolium''
References
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cerasifolia
Flora of Baja California Sur
Endemic flora of Mexico
Plants described in 1891
Taxa named by Townshend Stith Brandegee