Protium Burm. f.

Protium is a genus of more than 140 species of flowering plants in the family Burseraceae. It is native to the Neotropics (where more than 100 species occur), Madagascar, New Guinea, and southern Asia from Pakistan east to Vietnam. The genus was for some time included in Bursera, but is well distinct, being most closely related to Crepidospermum and Tetragastris.

The species are usually small or medium-sized trees, but some can be large, up to Template:35 tall. In their native range, some species are grown for timber, used as firewood, as medicinal plants, for their fruit, or in other cultural contexts.

Selected species[edit]

• Protium almecega March.
• Protium apiculatum Sw.
• Protium aracouchini
• Protium asperum
• Protium attenuatum
• Protium connarifolium
• Protium correae
• Protium decandrum
• Protium elegans
• Protium gigantium
• Protium guianense
• Protium heptaphyllum Mart.^{[verification needed]}
• Protium icicariba (= Icica icicariba)
• Protium inconforme
• Protium panamense
• Protium pittieri
• Protium serratum
• Protium widgrenii Engl.

References[edit]

• Germplasm Resources Information Network: Protium
• Flora of Pakistan (treats species in the genus Bursera)

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