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Non-scientific name:

frankincense

13 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Drug form: Plant parts:
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Boswellia frereana Boswellia frereana Birdw. Boswellia frereana Birdw.
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Boswellia neglecta S.Moore Boswellia neglecta S.Moore Boswellia neglecta S.Moore
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Boswellia odorata Hutch. Boswellia odorata Hutch. Boswellia papyrifera (Caill.) Hochst.
Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Boswellia rivae Engl. Boswellia rivae Engl. Boswellia rivae Engl.
Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Boswellia carteri Boswellia carteri Birdw. Boswellia sacra Flück. Resin, Oil
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Boswellia carterii Birdw. Boswellia carteri Birdw. Boswellia sacra Flück. gum resin
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Boswellia carterii Birdw. Boswellia carteri Birdw. Boswellia sacra Flück. dried resin exuding from the bark resin exuding from the bark
Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Boswellia carteri Birdw. Boswellia carteri Birdw. Boswellia sacra Flück. resin
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) Boswellia carterii Birdw. Boswellia carteri Birdw. Boswellia sacra Flück.
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Boswellia sacra Flueck. Boswellia sacra Flück. Boswellia sacra Flück.
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Boswellia sacra Flueckiger Boswellia sacra Flück. Boswellia sacra Flück. Oleo-gum-resin
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Boswellia sacra Flueck. Boswellia sacra Flück. Boswellia sacra Flück.
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Boswellia bhau-dajiana Boswellia bhaw-dajiana Birdw. Boswellia sacra Flück.
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Boswellia sacra Flueck. Boswellia sacra Flück. Boswellia sacra Flück. oleo-gum-resin
Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Boswellia carteri Boswellia carteri Birdw.

MPNS Best Guess

 Boswellia sacra Flück. Resin, Oil
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Boswellia serrata Roxb. Boswellia serrata Roxb. Boswellia serrata Roxb. oleo-gum-resin
Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Boswellia serrata Boswellia serrata Roxb. Boswellia serrata Roxb.
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Pinus palustris Mill. Pinus palustris Mill. Pinus palustris Mill.

125 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "frankincense":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
amber rosin Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
american colophony Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
andakehi debi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
anndakehi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
anndakehi debi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
anndakehi gorki Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ararabi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ararrabi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
arbre à encens Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arrabi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ba-samu Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bakhor Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
beeyo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
beio Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bejo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
beyo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bible frankincense Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
black resin Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
bombay olibanum Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chamaepitys Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
chibdi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
colophony Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
dakar Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dakkar Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dakkar gurate Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dakkara Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dong'od-nee-dhieroka Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ekinyate Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gum olibanum Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
gum thus Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
gummi olibanum Pharmaceutical Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
halale Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hancha-dakkara Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hancha-lubadin Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hanja Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hano Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hanu Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ikinoo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
incense Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
indian frankincense Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
indian olibanum Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
janawhi juguhi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kinondo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lecholoo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
liban Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
luban Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
luban bedowi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
luban dakar Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
luban maiti Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
luban mattee Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
luban sceheri Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
luban sheheri Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lubban Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lufod Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
magafur Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
magher Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
maghrayt Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makkar Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makker Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makur Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
maqar Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
megerot Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mgajrot Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mgar Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mgor Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mirafur Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mogar Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mogharah Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mogher Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mohor Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mohor ad Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mohor add Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mohor lab Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mohor lub Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mohor madow Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mohr add Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mohr madow Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mohr meddau Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mohr meddu Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
morhr Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
moxor Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
moxor add Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
moxor madow Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muger Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mugereh Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mughur Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
murfur-madbe Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
möhr add Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
möhr madow Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
najdi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
negedi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nejdi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oliban Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
olibano Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
olibanum Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
olibanum Pharmaceutical Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
olibanum-tree Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
olibán Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pale rosin Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
pitch pine Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ru siang Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ru xiang Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ru xiang shu Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
sahaz Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sajerat alluban Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
salvia miltiorrhiza root Other Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
salviae miltiorrhizae radix Pharmaceutical Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
shabi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shabilabi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shajerat al-luban Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shallaki Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
shazari Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shazri Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sheehaz Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sungululwo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
thus Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
turpentine Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tus Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ubani Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
weihrauchbaum Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
weihrauchpflanze Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yellow resin Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
árbol del incensio Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
äkta rökelseträd Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
タンジン Other Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
乳香 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)