Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amish	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
antu guggula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boo-e-jahoodan	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
dhoop	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
dry guggul	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
googal	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gugal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gugala	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gugar	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gugara	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
guggal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
guggal dhoop	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
guggala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guggipannu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
guggul	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
guggula	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
guggule	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
guggulu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
guggulu (exudate)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
guggulugida	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gugul	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gukkal	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gukkulu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gulag	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulgulu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gulguu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gum guga	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gum guggul	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gum-gugul	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
indian bdellium	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
indian bdellium-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
indian bedlellium	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kanshikaha	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kanth gan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kanthagana	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kanthagana guggala	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kaushika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaushikah	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kauśika	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kungiliyam	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mahisakasi	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mahisaksa	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mahisaksha	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mahisaksi guggalu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
mahishaksh	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mahishaksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahishaksha guggulu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
mahishaksha-guggu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mahishakshi guggula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahiṣākṣa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
maisakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maisatchi	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
makishakshi guggulu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
mukul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
muqil	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
muqil-e-arzaq	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
muquil	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
native guggul extract	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
palankas	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
palaṅkaṣā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pilanksha	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
pur	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
pura	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
purā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem, branch	oleo-gum-resin obtained by incision or produced by spontaneous exudation from the stem and branches	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
exudate		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bark	exudate	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
bark	exudate	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Oleo-Gum Resin, Stem, Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
stem, branch	oleo-gum-resin obtained by incision or produced by spontaneous exudation from the stem and branches	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)

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

Balsamodendrum wightii Arn. Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 86 (1839).
Commiphora roxburghii var. serratifolia Haines Bot. Bihar Orissa 6: 1307 (1924).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Commiphora wightii (A.) Bhandari	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhand	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhandari	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Commiphora wightii (Arn.)Bhandari	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
Commiphora wightii (Arnott) Bhandari	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Commiphora wightii Bhandari	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Commiphora wrightii	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

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