Bibliography on Bucida buceras

When time and funding permit, each flower (each plant species) will have its own page, and its own PDF, and eventually its own PPT so that professors and students have plenty of material on Guatemala (and Honduras, etc) to study.

Heliconia adflexa, Coban, Guatemala, Hotel Monja Blanca, FLAAR, by Nicholas Hellmuth

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on Flora & Fauna of Parque Nacional Yaxha Nakum Naranjo
Peten, Guatemala, Central America

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Bibliography on Bucida buceras

Bucida buceras (Combretaceae) is commonly called “Pucté” by the locals of Petén. It grows in areas that receive less than 2000mm of annual precipitation with a dry season from November to March and an average annual atmospheric temperature between 24-28 °C. Pucté grows best in nutrient-rich soils that are deep, medium in texture and moist but well drained, but it is also found in low ground and seasonally swampy and along intermittent streams at the foot of dry hills. Usually grows in seaside, but sometimes can grow at several hundred meters in dry coastal hills (Francis, 1989).

The wood of Pucté is very appreciated and it is also used as fuel.

You can learn more about this tree with the bibliography we have prepared for you.

Bucida buceras photographed at Petexbatun by David Arrivillaga, December 3,2019

PDF, Articles, Books on Bucida buceras

FRANCIS, J. K.
1989
Bucida buceras L. Combretaceae. Familia de las combretumes. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. Pages 86-90.

Available Online:
https://rngr.net/publications/arboles-de-puerto-rico/bucida-buceras/at_download/file

GILMAN, E. F. and D. G. WATSON
2016
Bucida buceras: Black Olive. University of Florida. 3 pages.

Available Online:
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/ST/ST10200.pdf

Note: Terminalia buceras is a synonym of Bucida buceras

ILOKI, S., LEWIS, L., FERNANDEZ, D., GIL, A., LARA, C. and J. RUBIO
2015
Retino-protective effect of Bucida buceras against oxidative stress induced by H2O2 in human retinal pigment epithelial cells line. BMC Complementary and alternative medicine. Vol. 2015, No. 15. 22 pages.

Available Online:
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.796.3275&rep=rep1&type=pdf

ILOKI, S., LEWIS, L., LARA, C., GIL, A., FERNANDEZ, D., RUBIO, J. and D. HAINES
2015
Solvent effects on phytochemical constituent profiles and antioxidant activities, using four different extraction formulations for analysis of Bucida buceras L. and Phoradendron californicum. BMC Res. Notes. Vol. 2015, No. 8. Pages 1-14.

Available Online:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553924/pdf/13104_2015_Article_1388.pdf

MORTON, J. F.
1993
The black olive (Bucida buceras L.), a tropical timber tree, has many faults as an ornamental. Prc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. Vol. 106, No. 338. Pages 338-342.

Available Online:
http://fshs.org/proceedings-o/1993-vol-106/338-342%20(MORTON).pdf

ORWA, C., MUTUA, A., KINDT, R., JAMNADASS, R. and S. ANTHONY
2009
Agroforestree Database: a tree reference and selections guide. 5 pages.

Available Online:
www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Bucida_buceras.PDF

Suggested webpages with photos and information on Bucida buceras

www.conafor.gob.mx:8080/documentos/docs/13/892Bucida%20buceras.pdf
Information.

https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/Bucida_buceras.htm
Photos.

www.cedaf.org.do/arboles_dominicanos/index_ncomun.php?comun=Gri+gri
Information and photos.

http://parquesalegres.org/biblioteca/arbol-olivo-negro/
Information.

https://catalogofloravalleaburra.eia.edu.co/species/19
Information and photos.

www.tropicos.org/name/08200190?projectid=3
Photos and map location.

www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2685223
Synonyms.

Updated by Vivian Hurtado, June, 2021
First posted, November, 2017