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Accepted name: 
Commiphora myrrha (T.Nees) Engl. [Burseraceae]
More about this plant: 
Non-scientific name: Class of name: Medicinal source:
'biskiti Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
abyssinian myrrh Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
african myrrh Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
arabian myrrh Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
arbre à myrrhe Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
bal Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
balintrapolum Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ballintropolum Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
balsamodendron myrrha Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
barakande Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
barbara Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
barbarah Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bisabol myrrh Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
bitter myrrh Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bo la bo ra pa Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bo la bor pa (p) Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bol Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
bola Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
bolah Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bole Other Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
carukkaraippolam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civapolam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
commiphora Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
common myrrh Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
dashi Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
dashi ‘biskiti Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
dhidin (tree) Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
dhidiu tree Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
did-din tree Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
diddin Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
didin Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
echte myrrhe Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
el-mur Other Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
ezwa Other Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
gandharasa Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gandharasah Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandharash Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
gandharsh Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
gomma mirra Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
guban myrrh Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
guggula Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gum myrrh tree Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
gum-resin myrrh Other U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
gummi myrrh Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
gummi myrrha Pharmaceutical African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
gummi-resina myrrha Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
habaq-hagar-ad Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
heerabol myrrh Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
heerbol Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
herabol myrrh Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hiraabol Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hiraabola Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hirabol Other Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hirabol myrrh Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
kanturu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kerbe Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
kunkumatipam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunkumatupam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuntavilakkam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
male myrrh Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
malmal Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
marr Other Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
mbebe Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
mbele Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
mei yao Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
mir Other EMA Com. Monog.: Commiphora molmol, gum. (2010)
mira Other EMA Com. Monog.: Commiphora molmol, gum. (2010)
mirha Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
EMA Com. Monog.: Commiphora molmol, gum. (2010)
mirra Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
EMA Com. Monog.: Commiphora molmol, gum. (2010)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
mirra, resina Other Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
mirre Other EMA Com. Monog.: Commiphora molmol, gum. (2010)
miru Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mo yao Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
mo yao shu Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
mohmol Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
molmol Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
molmol (gum-resin) Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
morr Other Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
morre makki Other Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
morrh Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
moyao Other Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Pharmacop. of China (2015)
Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
mu yao Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
mu yao yu Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
mur Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
mur makki Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mur-makki Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
murmaki Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murmakki Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
murr Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
murrh fativ Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
myrha Other EMA Com. Monog.: Commiphora molmol, gum. (2010)
myrhovníková klejopryskyřice Other EMA Com. Monog.: Commiphora molmol, gum. (2010)
myrr Other Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
myrra Other EMA Com. Monog.: Commiphora molmol, gum. (2010)
myrrh Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
EMA Com. Monog.: Commiphora molmol, gum. (2010)
Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Pharmacop. of China (2010)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
myrrh parvno2 Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
myrrh tree Other Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
myrrha Other E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Pharmacop. of China (2015)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
myrrha vera Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
myrrha, gummi-resina Pharmaceutical EMA Com. Monog.: Commiphora molmol, gum. (2010)
myrrhe Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
EMA Com. Monog.: Commiphora molmol, gum. (2010)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
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)
mûr Other Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
mürripuuvaik Other EMA Com. Monog.: Commiphora molmol, gum. (2010)
narumpasa Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narumpasamaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirlokam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ogo myrrh Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
oleo-resine Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
polam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rasagandha Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
rasam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saindhava Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
samudra gugula Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samudraguggul Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
somali myrrh Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
somalian myrrh Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
subr Other Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
surasa Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
surasah Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
true myrrh Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
turari Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
valattipolam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valendrabolam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valentira palam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valentira polam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valentirapolam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellaibolam Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vellaipolam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellaippa polam Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
vellaippa-polam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellaippapolam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellattipolam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vola Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
white myrrh Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
white myrrha of batka Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
yemen myrrh Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
σμύρνα (ελλειπές) Other EMA Com. Monog.: Commiphora molmol, gum. (2010)
мира Other EMA Com. Monog.: Commiphora molmol, gum. (2010)
رم Other Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
مرة‬ Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
مرّ Other Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
‫المر Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
哈地丁樹 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
天然沒藥 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
沒藥 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
沒藥樹 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
没药 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
膠質沒藥 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)