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Scientific
Research and Sources
Boswellia sacra Flueck.
Flowering branch of Boswellia sacra
SYNONYMS
Boswellia carteri Birdw.
Boswellia carteri Birdw. var. subintegra Engl.
Boswellia carteri Birdw. var. undulato-crenata Engl.
Boswellia undulato-crenata (Engl.)Engl.
VERNACULAR NAMES
Unspecified language - morhr; (Egypt) [oleo-gum-resin] - luban
dakar; (Somalia) - mohor ad , mohor madow,
mohor add; Arabic - maqar, muger, mgajrot,
mohor, mogharah, maghrayt, makkar, makker, magher, mgor,
mgar, mogher, makur, liban, bakhor;
Arabic (Dhofar) - mughur, sajerat alluban, mugereh;
Arabic (Dhofar) [oleo-gum-resin] - luban ; Arabic (Oman) -
mughur; Arabic (Yemen) - mohr
madow; Arabic [resin] - lubban, nejdi, luban sceheri, shazri,
negedi, najdi, luban sheheri, luban, shazari, shabi, luban bedowi,
sheehaz; Arabic [tree] - mogar; Jibbali - megerot; Jibbali [oleo-gum-resin]
- sahaz; Somali - morhr, mohor lub, mohr madow, bejo, lufod,
mohr madow, mohr madow, moxor madow, mohr meddu, moxor add,
mohor lab, mohr meddau, mohr add, mohr add;
Somali [resin] - beeyo, beio, beyo; Somali [tree] - mohor; Trade
name - frankincense, luban; Trade name
[oleo-gum-resin]
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DISTRIBUTION
Native - Ethiopia (doubtfully present), Somalia (N.), Oman (Dhofar;
S.W.), Yemen (Hadhramaut; S.).
DESCRIPTORS DESCRIPTION
Primary Producer; Terrestrial; Tree; Perennial; Erect; Single
Stemmed, Multistemmed. Unarmed - unspecified parts
; Fragrant - gum/resins. Plant Height 2-8 m.
CLIMATE
Annual Rainfall 100-500 mm.
SOILS
Alkaline; Boulders/Rocky, Gravels/Stony; Limestone
Parent Material.
HABITAT
Valleys, Cliffs, Hillsides/Slopes, Gullies,
Crevices/Fissures/Fractures; Woodland, Shrubland
.
Altitude <= 1230 m a.s.l.
CHEMICAL ANALYSES
Unspecified Analyses - gum/resins, Essential
Oil Analyses - gum/resins; Polysaccharides - gum/resins
; Monoterpenoids - gum/resins, Sesquiterpenoids
- gum/resins, Diterpenoids - gum/resins, Triterpenoids
(unspecified) - gum/resins.
PRODUCTION AND VALUE
Commercial Value; Traded Globally Between Continents; Potential
Medicine Uses Coded.
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USES FOOD
- 'Roots' (debarked 'roots', raw; debarked 'roots',beverages
)
FOOD ADDITIVES
- Exudates (resin, infusions/tisanes; gum, wines, other
additive types)
ANIMAL FOOD
- Unspecified Parts (camels, browse)
- Fertile Plant Parts (flowers, goats, fodder; fruits,
mammals, fodder)
- Aerial Parts (leaves; leaves, fodder)
BEE PLANTS
MATERIALS
- Unspecified Materials (exudates, perfumes)
- Gums/Resins (exudates, resins, incense; gums,
depilatories; gums, hair oil/lacquer; gums, walls
; gums, adhesives; gums, illuminants; gums,
cleansers; gums, skin cosmetics; gums, tattoos
; gums, coverings; gums, perfumes
; gums, other products; gums, incense
; gums; exudates, perfumes;
exudates, incense; exudates)
- Tannins/Dyestuffs (inner bark, dyes, clothes, brown; inner
bark, tannins, brown)
- Essential Oils (other exudate parts, detergents; resin,
soap; resin, skin lotions/creams; resin, perfumes
)
- Other Materials/Chemicals (bark, splints; bark, guns;
bark, fish bait)
FUELS
- Miscellaneous Fuels (exudates, incendiary)
SOCIAL USES
- Smoking Materials/Drugs (exudates, intoxicants; gum, other
smoking materials/drugs)
- 'Religious' Uses (exudates, ritual/religion/magic
)
NON-VERTEBRATE POISONS
- Bacteria (resin)
- Arthropoda (other exudate parts, Culicidae (mosquitoes), repellent
; other exudate parts, Psychodidae (sand flies), repellent
)
MEDICINES
- Unspecified Medicinal Disorders (fruits, goats; fruits,
humans, oral ingestion; bark, humans, teas; leaves,
humans; gum, mammals; gum, humans;
fruits, humans; fruits, mammals; gum, humans, prophylactic
; gum, humans, palliative; gum, humans, fumigants
; gum, mammals, prophylactic; gum, mammals, palliative
; gum, mammals, fumigants; gum, humans, oral ingestion
)
- Abnormalities (bark, humans, skin, oedemas, ointments;
exudates, humans, skin/subcutaneous cellular tissue, lesions, poultices
)
- Circulatory System Disorders (humans, hemorrhoids, suppositories
)
- Digestive System Disorders (flower buds, humans; fruits,
humans; gum, humans, teeth, caries; flower buds,
humans, oral ingestion; fruits, humans, oral ingestion;
gum, humans, purgative; resin, humans, stomach, stomachache
; gum, humans; exudates, humans, teeth; exudates,
humans, gums; leaves, mammals, diarrhea; debarked
'roots', humans, stomach)
- Genitourinary System Disorders (gum, humans, diuretic
; resin, humans, emmenagogue; resin, humans, diuretic
; exudates, humans, other genitourinary system disorders/effects,
oral ingestion; exudates, humans, kidney stones, oral ingestion
; gum, humans, female fertility, vaginal pessary)
- Infections/Infestations (resin, humans, syphilis; antimicrobial
; gum, humans, respiratory system, colds; gum, humans,
eyes, infections; gum, humans, gonorrhea; resin,
humans, schistosomiasis; infructescences, humans, throat,
infections; other exudate parts, humans, malaria, prophylactic,
fumigants)
- Inflammation (gum, humans, breasts; resin, inflammation
; exudates, humans, respiratory mucus; exudates, humans,
larynx)
- Injuries (bark, humans, wounds; bark, humans, burns;
other exudate parts, humans, haemostatic; gum, humans, wounds,
external applications; other exudate parts, humans, bites
(non-venomous), prophylactic, fumigants)
- Mental Disorders (gum, humans, sedative; gum, humans,
amnesia; exudates, humans, internal applications;
exudates, humans, hysteria)
- Metabolic System Disorders (pollen, humans, gout)
- Muscular-Skeletal System Disorders (humans, rheumatism;
gum, humans, bones, fractures; bark, humans, bones, fractures
; exudates, humans, rheumatism)
- Nervous System Disorders (gum, humans; exudates,
humans, epilepsy, oral ingestion; exudates, humans, stimulant
)
- Pain (bark, humans, muscles; gum, humans, teeth; gum,
humans, head, analgesic; gum, humans, eyes; exudates,
humans; gum, humans, abdomen, oral ingestion; gum,
humans, chest, oral ingestion)
- Pregnancy/Birth/Puerpuerium Disorders (bark, humans, morning
sickness; gum, humans, pregnancy; gum, humans, birth
; gum, humans, post partum; gum, humans, puerperium
; fruits, mammals, pregnancy; gum, humans, fumigants
; exudates, humans, labor, oral ingestion)
- Respiratory System Disorders (resin, humans, asthma;
resin, humans, coughs; gum, humans; exudates, humans
; exudates, humans, other medicine types; exudates,
humans, respiratory mucus, fumigants; exudates, humans,
respiratory mucus, oral ingestion; gum, humans, coughs,
oral ingestion)
- Sensory System Disorders (other exudate parts, humans, eyes,
external applications
; gum, humans, eyes, washes; other exudate parts,
humans, blindness, external applications)
- Skin/Subcutaneous Cellular Tissue Disorders (bark, humans, sores,
ointments; gum, humans, skin, antiseptic; bark, humans,
other skin/subcutaneous cellular tissue disorders/effects, ointments
; exudates, humans, skin of specific areas, external applications
; exudates, humans, pustules, poultices; other exudate
parts, humans, disinfectant; exudates, humans, carbuncles,
ointments; exudates, humans, boils, ointments; exudates,
humans, ulcers, ointments; gum, humans, ulcers, external
applications; gum, humans, skin, external applications)
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