Commiphora kua, sometimes known as Abyssinian myrrh or the Yemen myrrh, is a plant native to northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, including Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Zambia, Malawi, Oman and Yemen.[2][3] It was first described as Balsamodendrum kua in 1847, and has many botanical synonyms.[1] It can be recognised by its simple, serrate leaves and by the pseudo aril, covering the seed, which has four almost linear arm-like lobes.[2]
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Commiphora kua |
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Peeling bark on the Commiphora habessinica |
Scientific classification |
Kingdom: |
Plantae |
Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
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Angiosperms |
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Eudicots |
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Rosids |
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Sapindales |
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Burseraceae |
Genus: |
Commiphora |
Species: |
C. kua |
Binomial name |
Commiphora kua
( R.Br. ex Royle) Vollesen (1984) |
Synonyms[1] |
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- Amyris kafal Forssk. (1775)
- Balsamea abyssinica Engl. (1880)
- Balsamea habessinica (O.Berg) Engl. (1880)
- Balsamodendrum abyssinicum Engl. (1880)
- Balsamodendrum africanum var. habessinicum (O.Berg) Oliv. (1868)
- Balsamodendrum habessinicum O.Berg (1862)
- Balsamodendrum kafal (Forssk.) Kunth ex DC. (1825)
- Balsamodendrum kua R.Br. ex Royle (1847)
- Balsamus kafal (Forssk.) Stackh. (1815)
- Commiphora abyssinica (Engl.) Engl. (1883)
- Commiphora assaortensis Chiov. (1932)
- Commiphora atramentaria Chiov. (1932)
- Commiphora bruceae Chiov. (1941)
- Commiphora candidula Sprague (1927)
- Commiphora crenulata (A.Terracc.) Chiov. (1915)
- Commiphora dancaliensis Chiov.
- Commiphora ellenbeckii Engl. (1904)
- Commiphora flaviflora Engl. (1904)
- Commiphora gowlello Sprague (1927)
- Commiphora gracilispina J.B.Gillett (1991)
- Commiphora habessinica (O.Berg) Engl. (1883)
- Commiphora habessinica var. crenulata A.Terracc. (1894)
- Commiphora habessinica var. simplicifolia Schweinf. (1899)
- Commiphora habessinica subsp. tanganyikensis J.B.Gillett (1991)
- Commiphora incisa Chiov. (1916)
- Commiphora kua var. gowlello (Sprague) J.B.Gillett (1991)
- Commiphora lindensis Engl. (1904)
- Commiphora salubris Engl. (1917)
- Commiphora subsessilifolia Engl. (1904)
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