Burseraceae
Elephant tree
Bursera microphylla
- Family
- Burseraceae
- Genus
- Bursera
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Elephant tree
Synonyms
- Elaphrium microphyllum (A.Gray) Rose
- Terebinthus microphylla (A.Gray) Rose
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Yarnell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Craig Martin, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniela Gámez, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: José Eugenio Gómez Rodríguez, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.