Plant Details

Accepted name:: Boswellia papyrifera (Caill.) Hochst. [Burseraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
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)
arrabi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ba-samu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chibdi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
elephant tree	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ethiopian frankincense	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
ethiopian frankincense tree	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
frankincense	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
frankincense tree	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gafal	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hano	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hanu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
janawhi juguhi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makker	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shabilabi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
taraktarak	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
exudate		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amyris papyrifera Caill. Voy. Méroé 4(prepr.): 99 (1826).
Boswellia chariensis Guillaumin Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 33 (1908).
Boswellia occidentalis Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 292 (1911).
Boswellia odorata Hutch. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910: 138 (1910).
Ploesslia floribunda Endl. in S.L.Endlicher & E.Fenzl, Nov. Stirp. Dec.: 40 (1839).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amyris papyrifera Delile	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Boswelia papyrifera Hochstetter	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Boswellia chariensis Guillaumin	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Boswellia occidentalis Engl.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Boswellia odorata Hutch.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Boswellia papyrifera	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. Pl., Consv. & Livelihoods (Hamilton, 2004)
Boswellia papyrifera (Caill. ex Delile) Hochst.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Boswellia papyrifera (Del. ex Caill.) Hochst.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Boswellia papyrifera (Delile)Hochst. ex A.Rich.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Boswellia papyrifera Hochst.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ploesslea floribunda Endl. & Fenzl	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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