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Plant Details

Accepted name: 
Commiphora gileadensis (L.) C.Chr. [Burseraceae]
More about this plant: 
Non-scientific name: Class of name: Medicinal source:
balm of gilead Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
balm-of-gilead Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
balsam mecca Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
balsam of gilead Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
basham Other Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
bashām Other Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
baume de gilead Other Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
mecca balsam Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mecca myrrh Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mecca myrrh tree Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
mekkabalsamträd Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mur makki Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
myrrh Other ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
myrrhe Other ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
opobalsamum Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
sukof Other Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
بشام Other Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ماشب Other Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)