Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

Mexican Frankincense

Bursera fagaroides

Spanish: Copal blanco

Mexican Frankincense (Bursera fagaroides)
Photographed by siruki on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC · taken in Morelia, Mich., México, not near La Saladita

Bursera fagaroides is a species of flowering plant in the genus Bursera known by the common names torchwood copal and fragrant bursera. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Sonora to Oaxaca, and its range extends just into Arizona in the United States, although some sources suggest that it may now be extirpated in Arizona.

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Sapindales › Burseraceae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records3,474 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “Mexican Frankincense (Bursera fagaroides) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/bursera-fagaroides/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.