For anyone who hasn't heard the common 'tourist tree' name used in Belize and also in the USA for the Gumbo Limbo, here are some links. Very cool tree.

"The Gumbo-limbo is often referred to as the Tourist Tree because the tree's bark is red and peeling, like the skin of sunburnt tourists, who are a common sight in the plant's range."
Bursera simaruba - Gumbo Limbo

"The gumbo limbo tree is known as the "Tourist Tree" by the locals in Southern Belize. Can you guess why? Note the red, peeling bark. Remember that day you forgot your sunscreen?" Lubaantun Belize

"During a tour of the Monkey River, our local guide noticed my "affliction", chopped a small peice of bark from a gumbo limbo tree (the "tourist tree" -- has peeling red bark) and told me to rub some of the sap on my legs. Being the Human Guinea Pig that I am, I rubbed the sap on only ONE leg. By that evening, the welts on the treated leg had noticeably faded, while the untreated leg remained, well, pretty much the same. Has anybody else heard of this remedy?"
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