Bursera glabrifolia

taxobox
name = "Bursera glabrifolia"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Sapindales
familia = Burseraceae
genus = "Bursera"
species = "B. glabrifolia"
binomial = "Bursera glabrifolia"|

"Bursera glabrifolia" is one of two species commonly referred to as "copal." Copal is the wood most commonly used by the woodcarvers in Oaxaca, Mexico. The woodcarvers refer to "Bursera glabriofolia" as "macho" or male copal, which they like less than Bursera bipinnata, which they refer to as "hembra" or female copal. [Chibnik, M. (2003) Crafting tradition: The making and marketing of Oaxacan wood carvings. Austin, TX" University of Texas.]

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