Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
frankincense	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Boswellia boranensis Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 316 (1904).
Boswellia ruspoliana Engl. Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2. 19a: 423 (1931), nom. nud.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Boswellia rivae Engl.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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