Burseraceae
Palo santo
Bursera graveolens
- Family
- Burseraceae
- Genus
- Bursera
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- ربد, ورد الحمار
- Central Kurdish
- پالۆ سانتۆ
- Chinese
- 聖木, 印加聖木, 帕洛桑托, 祕魯聖木
- Croatian
- Sveto drvo
- English
- Palo santo
- Italian
- Palo santo, Palosanto
- Japanese
- パロサント
- Korean
- 부르세라 그라베올렌스
- Lithuanian
- Kvapioji bursera
- Polish
- Palo Santo
- Slovenian
- Palo Santo
- Spanish
- Palo santo
Synonyms
- Amyris caranifera Willd. ex Engl.
- Amyris graveolens Spreng.
- Amyris pubescens Willd. ex Schltdl.
- Elaphrium graveolens Kunth
- Elaphrium tacamaco Tul.
- Spondias edmonstonei Hook.f.
- Terebinthus graveolens (Kunth) Rose
Photos
Photo: Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Efra González, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Maša Sinreih in Valentina Vivod, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maša Sinreih in Valentina Vivod, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: François Delonnay, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.