Bursera longipes, Burceraceae, Oaxaca, Mexico

---

Bursera longipes Burseraceae thrives in thornscrub where it is a small tree. It has gray to green bark with rusty red papery peelings. Trunks are often scarred because residents use the bark for food, tea and medicine.

---

Size: 3414px × 5121px
Location: Oaxaca, Mexico
Photo credit: © Florapix / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: bark, botanical, botany, branch, branches, bursera, burseraceae, city, flora, florapix, longipes, madre, mexico, natural, nature, oaxaca, papery, peelings, plant, red, rusty, scrubland, sierra, state, thornscrub, tree, trunk, wild