Mexican Lavender
Bursera penicillata
Also known as Mexican Linaloe
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- January-August
How to identify Mexican Lavender
Identify Mexican Lavender by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Aromatic resin (Mexican lavender).
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-August.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Burseraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Mexican Lavender.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Bursera penicillata
- Genus
- Bursera
- Family
- Burseraceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Often cultivated
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Mexico
- Distribution
- Introduced elsewhere
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compoundrecordedLeaflets are arranged in rows along a central stalk, like a feather.“Leaves are pinnately compound with 7-9 leaflets.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mexican Lavender itself; the rest are typical of the Burseraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit
- Drupe
Typical of the Burseraceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Mexican Lavender
A member of the Burseraceae family, Mexican Lavender (Bursera penicillata) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It grows in often cultivated. Flowering and fruiting run from January to August.
Burseraceae
Bursera Family
Mexican Lavender belongs to the Burseraceae family.
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