Plant Details

Accepted name:: Commiphora madagascariensis Jacq. [Burseraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abyssinian myrrh	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
agaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agilu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arabian myrrh	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
attam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bodaniki chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bodanki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gogil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guggala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guggilamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gukkal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gukkulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koushikaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukkula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kungiliyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kungulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahi-sakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahisakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mai-shakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
myrrh	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yemen myrrh	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Oleo-gum-resin		U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
oleo-gum-resin		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Balsamodendrum agallocha Wight & Arn. Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 86 (1839).
Commiphora agallocha Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 11 (1883), nom. superfl.
Amyris agallocha Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 28 (1814), nom. nud.
Amyris commiphora Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 244 (1824), nom. superfl.
Balsamea agallocha Baill. Hist. Pl. 5: 295 (1874).
Balsamea roxburghii Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 41 (1880).
Balsamodendrum commiphora Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 175 (1835), nom. superfl.
Balsamodendrum roxburghii Arn. Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 86 (1839), nom. superfl.
Commiphora roxburghii Alston Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 11: 300 (1930), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Balsamodendron agallocha Wight & Arn.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Commiphora agallocha Engl.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Commiphora madagascarensis	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Commiphora madagascariensis Jacq.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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