#family_Burseraceae__Burseraceae__torchwood_family__torchwoodfamily resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees
supertype: rosid_dicot_family__rosiddicotfamily a family of dicotyledonous plants
member of: order_Geraniales
member: incense_tree__incensetree any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense
member: genus_Bursera__Bursera type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi
member: elephant_tree__Bursera_microphylla small tree or shrub of the southwestern United States having a spicy odor and odd-pinnate leaves and small clusters of white flowers
member: gumbo-limbo__gumbolimbo__Bursera_simaruba tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes
member: genus_Boswellia__Boswellia genus of incense-yielding trees of North Africa and India
member: Boswellia_carteri tree yielding an aromatic gum resin burned as incense
member: salai__Boswellia_serrata East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense
member: genus_Commiphora__Commiphora genus of East Indian and African trees yielding balsamic products
member: balm_of_gilead__Commiphora_meccanensis small evergreen tree of Africa and Asia; leaves have a strong aromatic odor when bruised
member: myrrh_tree__myrrhtree__Commiphora_myrrha tree of eastern Africa and Asia yielding myrrh
member: genus_Protium__Protium genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi
member: Protium_heptaphyllum tropical American tree
member: Protium_guianense tropical American tree
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