Gumbo limbo

Quick look

Bursera simaruba, the gumbo-limbo, copperwood, tourist tree, turpentine tree, almácigo, or West Indian birch, is a tree species in the family Burseraceae. It is native to the Neotropics, from South Florida to Mexico and the Caribbean to Brazil, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Bursera simaruba is prevalent in the Petenes mangroves ecoregion of the Yucatán, where it is a subdominant plant species to the mangroves.

• It belongs to the Burseraceae family. ^iNaturalist
• USDA PLANTS describes it as a shrub / a tree with a perennial life cycle. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS lists it as native in the lower 48 states and records it in 1 states. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• NatureServe lists it as native to Florida. ^NatureServe
• USDA PLANTS lists its flower color as green. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS gives its bloom period as spring. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS lists a mature height of about 40 ft. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• iNaturalist has 4,850 research-grade sightings of it in Florida, ranking #37 among the 110 flowers on our Florida list. ^iNaturalist