Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Sapindales > Burseraceae > Protium > Protium balsamiferumProtium balsamiferum (masa)Synonyms: Bursera balsamifera; Caproxylon hedwigii; Hedwigia balsamifera (heterotypic); Hedwigia tussaccii; Icica hedwigia; Protium osseum; Tetragastris balsamifera (heterotypic); Tetragastris balsamifera var. balsamifera; Tetragastris balsamifera var. lanceifolia; Tetragastris cubensis (heterotypic); Tetragastris ossea (homotypic) | Janka Hardness [2] | 1970 lbf (894 kgf) Hard | | Leaf Type [1] | Evergreen | | Lifespan [3] | Perennial | | Specific Gravity [4] | 0.67 | | Structure [1] | Tree |
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Luquillo Biosphere Reserve |
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Puerto Rico, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 2Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts ♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 4Jérôme Chave, Helene C. Muller-Landau, Timothy R. Baker, Tomás A. Easdale, Hans ter Steege, Campbell O. Webb, 2006. Regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density across 2,456 neotropical tree species. Ecological Applications 16(6), 2356 - 2367 ♦ 5{Structural and Taxonomic Components of Habitat Selection in the Neotropical Folivore Lamponius portoricensis (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae), Michael R. Willig, Elizabeth A. Sandlin and Michael R. Gannon, Environmental Entomology Vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 634-641 (June 1993) |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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