Protium pittieri

Protium pittieri (Spanish: alcanfor) is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family. It is native to Guerrero state in southwestern Mexico, to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama in Central America, and to Ecuador in South America.^[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.^[1]

Protium pittieri
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Burseraceae
Genus:	Protium
Species:	P. pittieri
Binomial name
Protium pittieri (Rose) Engl. (1931)
Synonyms[2]
Icica pittieri Rose (1911) Tetragastris tomentosa D.M.Porter (1970 publ. 1971)