
Protium panamense
As recorded: Protium panamense (Rose) I.M.Johnst.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Sapindales › Burseraceae
- Collected by
- Nee, M.
- Collector number
- 8934
- Date
- December 21, 1973
- Locality
- Canal Zone: Vicinity of towers on Loma La Toba, 3 km SW of mouth of Chagres River
- Region
- Panama
- Elevation
- 50 m
- Identified by
- Croat, T.B.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On December 21, 1973, Nee, M. also collected 2 other specimens.
Protium panamense observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1973. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 7 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-05-17.

2025-05-17
Puntarenas, CR-PU, CR
(c) Rea Orthner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-06-05
(c) Finca Dinámica, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2020-10-30
Colón, PA
(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2020-04-27
Colón, PA
(c) Helene Muller-Landau, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2020-02-23
Colón, PA
(c) Riley Fortier, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2019-03-20
Panama
(c) Letizia Weichgrebe, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Protium panamense. BISH 414752. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956253974. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/414752.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956253974 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
