Plant Details

Accepted name:: Commiphora kua (R.Br. ex Royle) Vollesen [Burseraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abyssinian myrrh	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
arabian myrrh	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arabian myrrh tree	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
arbre à myrrhe	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
bal	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
barakande	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
bisabol myrrh	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
bol	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
bola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
dashi ‘biskiti	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
fadhli myrrh tree	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gandharsh	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
guban myrrh	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
gum-resin myrrh	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
gummi myrrha	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
habaq-hagar-ad	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
habbak rahanreb	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
heerabol myrrh	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
heerbol	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
hirabol myrrh	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
mbebe	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
mbele	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
medigeh	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
medyigeh	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mirra	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
mo yao	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
molmol	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
morr	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
morrh	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
mrr	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
mur	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
murr	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
myrr	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
myrrh	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
myrrha	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
myrrhe	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
myrrhe des somalis	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
myrrhenbaum	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
männliche myrrhe	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
ogo myrrh	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
okor	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rahanreb	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rhano	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
somali myrrh	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
tinture of myrrh	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
turari	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
yemen myrrh	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
gum, resin		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
	Resin	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Resins		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
exudate		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
stem, branch	dried oleo-gum	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
wood exudate	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 29 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Commiphora abyssinica (Engl.) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 10 (1883).
Commiphora assaortensis Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 64 (1932).
Commiphora candidula Sprague Hooker's Icon. Pl. 32: t. 3106 (1927).
Commiphora dancaliensis Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 403 (1915).
Commiphora habessinica (O.Berg) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 10 (1883).
Commiphora habessinica var. simplicifolia Schweinf. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7(App. 2): 291 (1899).
Commiphora incisa Chiov. Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 45 (1916).
Amyris kafal Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 80 (1775).
Balsamea abyssinica Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 41 (1880).
Balsamea habessinica (O.Berg) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 41 (1880).
Balsamodendrum abyssinicum Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 41 (1880).
Balsamodendrum africanum var. habessinicum (O.Berg) Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 325 (1868).
Balsamodendrum habessinicum O.Berg Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 20: 161 (1862).
Balsamodendrum kafal (Forssk.) Kunth ex DC. Prodr. 2: 76 (1825).
Balsamodendrum kua R.Br. ex Royle Man. Mat. Med. 341 (1847).
Balsamus kafal (Forssk.) Stackh. Extr. Bruce' s Travels: 12 (1815).
Commiphora atramentaria Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 76 (1932).
Commiphora bruceae Chiov. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1941: 133 (1941).
Commiphora crenulata (A.Terracc.) Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 404 (1915).
Commiphora ellenbeckii Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 303 (1904).
Commiphora flaviflora Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 304 (1904).
Commiphora gowlello Sprague Hooker's Icon. Pl. 32: t. 3109 (1927).
Commiphora gracilispina J.B.Gillett Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 18 (1991).
Commiphora habessinica var. crenulata A.Terracc. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 111 (1894).
Commiphora habessinica subsp. tanganyikensis J.B.Gillett Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 26 (1991).
Commiphora kua var. gowlello (Sprague) J.B.Gillett Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 19 (1991).
Commiphora lindensis Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 303 (1904).
Commiphora salubris Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 294 (1917).
Commiphora subsessilifolia Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 303 (1904).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Commiphora abyssinica	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Commiphora abyssinica (Berg.) Engl.	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Commiphora abyssinica (Engl.) Engl.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Commiphora abyssinica (O.Berg.) Engl.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
Commiphora abyssinica Engl.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
Commiphora abyssynica Engler	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Commiphora assaortensis Chiov.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Commiphora candidula Sprague	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Commiphora dancaliensis Chiov.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Commiphora habessinica	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Commiphora habessinica (Berg.) Engl. in A.DC.	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Commiphora habessinica (O. Berg) Engl.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Commiphora habessinica (O.Berg) Engl.	SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015)
Commiphora habessinica (O.Berg)Engl.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Commiphora habessinica (O.Berg)Engl. simplicifolia sensu Cufod. non Schweinf.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Commiphora habessinica Engl.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Commiphora incisa Chiov.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Commiphora kua (R.Br. ex Royle) Vollesen	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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