*** Welcome to piglix ***

Tabonuco

Dacryodes excelsa
Arbol de Tabonuco (Dacryodes excelsa), jpg format.jpg
Tabonuco tree (Dacryodes excelsa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Burseraceae
Genus: Dacryodes
Species: D. excelsa
Binomial name
Dacryodes excelsa

Dacryodes excelsa is a tree native to Puerto Rico with a habitat that extends into the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean region. Its English vernacular names include gommier and candlewood. Its Spanish common name is tabonuco. It is found in Toro Negro State Forest, in the Puerto Rico Cordillera Central.



...
Wikipedia

...