Herbaria

Family

Burseraceae

subfamily

Genus

Commiphora Jacq.

Species

Commiphora gileadensis (L.) C.Chr.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

(L.) C.Chr.

citation

Dansk Bot. Ark. 4(3): 18 (1922)

herbariaSynonyms

Commiphora opobalsamum (L.) Engl.

Amyris gileadensis L.

Amyris opobalsamum L.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

TANE (Ge)

CAI (Ge - Ra)

CAIRC (Ge)

CAIA (Ge)

herbariaSubLocality

TANE (Gebal Elba)

CAIA (Gebel Alba Wadi Kansirab)

herbariaDetailedLocality

(Gebal Elba)

herbariaDate

TANE (11/19/1993)

CAIA (24\10\1956)

herbariaCollector

TANE (I. Springer, M. Sheded, M. Badr)

herbariaCollectorNo

TANE (8163)

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

TANE

CAI

CAIRC

CAIA

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

TANE (1)

CAI (27)

CAIRC (2)

CAIA (1)

Habitat

Sandy plains and hillsides

FlFrperiod

LifeForm

Shrub or tree

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

EnglishName

Arabian balsam tree-Balm of Gilead

herbariaUses

medicinal

GlobalDistribution

S Egypt, N Sudan and Arabia

Chorology

Near Endemic

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt