Bursera simaruba (Gumbo-Limbo)
Bursera simaruba (Gumbo-Limbo) stands tall with copper bark and a full canopy of green leaves.
Botanical name: Bursera simaruba
Common names: Gumbo-Limbo, West Indian Birch, Tourist Tree
Family: Burseraceae
Origin: Central America, West Indies
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
USDA Zone: 10-11
Plant form: Large tree
Mature height: 20 ft or more
Sun exposure: Full sun or bright light indoor; semi-shade
Cold tolerance: Frost sensitive. Protect from freezing.
Watering: Moderate
Suitable for: Outdoors in the suitable USDA zone; large gardens
Foliage: DeciduousVery fast growing, tolerant of salt and calcareous soils, the Bursera simaruba, with its attractive shiny red exfoliating bark, makes a beautiful specimen tree in a mild coastal location. Massive trunk with attractive reddish peeling bark, showing a gray underbark.
Similar plants: Bursera simaruba (Gumbo-Limbo)
Bursera simaruba (Gumbo-Limbo) reveals its smooth reddish brown trunk bark underneath canopy of green foliage
Bursera simaruba (Gumbo-Limbo) branches showing peeling copper bark mixed with lush green foliage above
Bursera simaruba (Gumbo-Limbo) displays lush green compound leaves attached to a smooth copper-toned woody branch
Bursera simaruba (Gumbo-Limbo) showing detailed green leaves attached to thin, reddish, branching woody stems.
Bursera simaruba (Gumbo-Limbo) branch with numerous compound green leaves drooping from a woody stem base
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