Bursera hindsiana

Bursera hindsiana, known by the common name red elephant tree is a Mexican tree species in the frankincense family in the soapwood order. It grows in Sonora and in both of the states of Baja California. This includes several of the islands in the Gulf of California.^[3]

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Rosids

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Bursera hindsiana
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Burseraceae
Genus:	Bursera
Species:	B. hindsiana
Binomial name
Bursera hindsiana (Benth.) Engl. 1883 not Brandegee 1891
Synonyms[2]
List Elaphrium hindsianum Benth. 1844 Bursera goldmanii (Rose) Engl. Bursera hindsiana var. rhoifolia (Benth.) Engl. Bursera macdougalii (Rose) Engl. Bursera rhoifolia (Benth.) I.M.Johnst. Elaphrium goldmanii Rose Elaphrium goldmani Rose Elaphrium macdougalii (Rose) Rose Elaphrium rhoifolium Benth. Terebinthus rhoifolia Rose

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Bursera hindsiana is a small tree. Bark is brown on the first-year branches, gray on the older stems. Leaves are pinnately compound with 5 or 7 leaflets, rarely more than 3 cm (1.2 in) long, hairy on both sides.^[4]