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Bursera hindsiana
Bursera hindsiana is a small, desert-adapted tree from western Mexico (Sonora and Baja California, including Gulf of California islands), grown in the frankincense family. It thrives in hot, dry, sunny conditions and needs very little water.
Bursera hindsiana, known by the common name red elephant tree is a Mexican tree species in the frankincense family in the soapwood order. It grows in Sonora and in both of the states of Baja California. This includes several of the islands in the Gulf of California.
Bursera hindsiana is a small tree. Bark is brown on the first-year branches, gray on the older stems. Leaves are pinnately compound with 5 or 7 leaflets, rarely more than 3 cm (1.2 in) long, hairy on both sides.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bursera hindsiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
