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Maya copal, pom

Protium copal

The copal of the Maya lowlands of Guatemala, Belize and Chiapas, called pom; burned in Maya ritual for millennia and still in Mayan churches.

· Atlas · Plant species

Protium copal
FamilyBurseraceae
OrderSapindales
HabitRainforest tree of the Maya lowlands
GBIF occurrence records1,996

Materials

Origins

Recorded in (top countries)

  • Mexico 1,413
  • Belize 127
  • Guatemala 88
  • Colombia 74
  • Honduras 12
  • Panama 2
  • United States 2
  • Costa Rica 1

Data: PubChem, GBIF (retrieved 2026-09-09); descriptions by Benjuí.