Talk:Bursera simaruba

odd phrase

"In cars they are air fresheners as well" - did not remove this as it may be valid somehow, but it is peculiar without context. Correct, though? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.144.69.16 (talk) 18:57, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Meh, I removed it because it sounded a bit retarded. If the tree is somehow used for air-freshener, it makes no sense here without clarification; in any case the fact would not belong in the section where it was included. Succubus MacAstaroth (talk) 00:44, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

edit intro

I would like to add to the introduction that "The species has more than a 100 common names for the tree. Each linguistic group had a different name focusing on either the odor or other trait. Particularly, in Costa Rica and Nicaragua call this tree Jiñote, a name with a medicinal theme conveyed by variations of the word Jiñocauaba." and include the reference, "ref<Florida Ethnobotany by Daniel F. Austin p.236-7/<ref"

It suits the introduction.

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Numbers Don't Make Sense

These two statements from the article do not jive:

• Birds also seek out the fruit to feed on the aril, which, though small, is rich in lipids (about half its dry weight)...
• [A]lthough the crop of a single tree can be very large (up to or even exceeding 15,000 fruits, translating into a raw lipid yield of over 200 grams per harvest)...

If 200 grams were half the dry weight of 15,000 fruits then each fruit would weigh only about 27 mg; I could believe that for a small seed, but it seems absurd for the whole fruit. Perhaps the second statement above should read "... over 200 kilograms per harvest", which would put each fruit at about 27 grams?

Would someone more knowledgeable than I please explain this and then either fix or clarify the article? Joe Avins (talk) 15:01, 16 July 2019 (UTC)