Gommier

Dacryodes excelsa is a tree native to Puerto Rico, with a habitat that extends into the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean region. Its English vernacular names include gommier and candlewood. Its Spanish common name is tabonuco.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Gommier being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Inocarpus fagifer
• Dialium guianense
• Dracontomelon dao
• Flindersia brayleyana
• Khaya anthotheca
• Brosimum alicastrum

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Sapindales

Family

Burseraceae

Genus

Dacryodes

Species

Dacryodes excelsa

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