Plant Details

Accepted name:

Commiphora kua (R.Br. ex Royle) Vollesen [Burseraceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abyssinian myrrh	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
arabian myrrh	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
arabian myrrh tree;fadhli myrrh tree	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
arbre à myrrhe	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
bal	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
barakande	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
bisabol myrrh	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
bol	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
bola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
dashi ‘biskiti	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
gandharsh	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
guban myrrh	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
gum-resin myrrh	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
gummi myrrha	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
habaq-hagar-ad	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
habbak rahanreb	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
heerabol myrrh	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
heerbol	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
hirabol myrrh	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
mbebe	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
mbele	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
medigeh	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
medyigeh	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mo yao	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
molmol	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
morr	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
morrh	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
mrr	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mur	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
murr	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
myrr	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
myrrh	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential oils: Nomenclature (2009) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
myrrha	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
myrrhe	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential oils: Nomenclature (2009) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
myrrhe des somalis	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
myrrhenbaum	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
männliche myrrhe	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
ogo myrrh	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
okor	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
rahanreb	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
rhano	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
somali myrrh	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
turari	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
yemen myrrh	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
gum:resin		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
	Resin	Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002)
exudate		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
stem and branch	dried oleo-gum	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
wood exudate	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential oils: Nomenclature (2009)

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

synonym
Commiphora abyssinica (Engl.) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 10 (1883).
Commiphora habessinica (O.Berg) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 10 (1883).
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 assaortensis Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 64 (1932).
Commiphora atramentaria Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 76 (1932).
Commiphora bruceae Chiov. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1941: 133 (1941).
Commiphora candidula Sprague Hooker's Icon. Pl. 32: t. 3106 (1927).
Commiphora crenulata (A.Terracc.) Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 404 (1915).
Commiphora dancaliensis Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 403 (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 var. simplicifolia Schweinf. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7(App. 2): 291 (1899).
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	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 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 Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Commiphora abyssinica Engl.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
Commiphora abyssynica Engler	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Commiphora habessinica (Berg.) Engl. in A.DC.	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Commiphora habessinica (O. Berg) Engl.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Commiphora habessinica (O.Berg) Engl.	SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015)
Commiphora habessinica (O.Berg)Engl.	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
Commiphora habessinica Engl.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Commiphora incisa Chiov.	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Commiphora kua (R.Br. ex Royle) Vollesen	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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