- Family:
Burseraceae Genus:
Commiphora Species: C. socotrana
Binomial name
Commiphora socotrana (Balf.f.) Engl.
Synonyms Balsamodendrum socotranum Balf.f....
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gileadensis L.,
Amyris opoBalsamum L.,
Balsamodendrum ehrenbergianum O. Berg,
Balsamodendrum gileadense ****h,
Balsamodendrum opobalsamum ****h,
Commiphora opobalsamum...
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Balsamea opobalsamum Baill.
Balsamodendrum ehrenbergianum O.Berg
Balsamodendrum gileadense (L.) ****h ex DC.
Balsamodendrum opobalsamum (L.) ****h ex DC...
- Ethiopia, Zambia, Malawi, Oman and Yemen. It was
first described as
Balsamodendrum kua in 1847, and has many
botanical synonyms. It can be
recognised by...
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myrrha (T.Nees) Oken
Balsamea myrrha Baill.
Balsamea playfairii Engl.
Balsamodendrum myrrha T.Nees
Commiphora coriacea Engl.
Commiphora cuspidata Chiov....
- 190. See text.
Synonyms Balessam Bruce (1790)
Balsamea Gled. (1782)
Balsamodendrum ****h (1824)
Balsamophloeos O.Berg (1862)
Balsamus Stackh. (1814) Bdellion...
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Balsamea africana Baill.
Balsamea kotschyi Engl.
Balsamea pilosa Engl.
Balsamodendrum africanum Arn.
Commiphora benadirensis Mattei Commiphora cakiicola Engl...
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Synonyms Amyris a****inata Roxb.
Balsamea caudata Engl.
Balsamodendrum caudatum Marchand Balsamodendrum roxburghianum (Wight & Arn.) Wall. ex
Voigt Protionopsis...
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Balsamea erythraea (Ehrenb.) Engl.
Balsamea kataf (Forssk.) Engl.
Balsamodendrum kataf (Forssk.) ****h ex DC.
Balsamophloeos kataf (Forssk.) O.Berg Commiphora...
- Holy
Incense can only be the gum
resin myrrh (Commiphora myrrha, syn.
Balsamodendrum myrrha)
rather than the musk absolute. He
notes that in Shir haShirim...
