Bursera penicillata

Botanical Description

Torote copal is a tree growing up to 15 metres tall. The bole can be 50 - 70cm in diameter[ 549 Title Flore Forestiere Du Globe Publication Author Chnacerel L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Gauthier-Villars et Co.; Paris. Year 1920 ISBN Description Written in French, a very detailed work on the timbers of the world. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. It exudes a potent fragrance of liquorice (anise); on hot, still days a single tree perfumes the surrounding forest. The essential oil is harvested from the wild and the tree is also sometimes cultivated in India and Mexico for its essential oil[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].