Boswellia sacra, frankincense - magic-plants ethnobotany
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Boswellia sacra, frankincense
| Botanical names: Boswellia sacra, Boswellia bhaw-dajiana, Boswellia bhaw-dajiana var. serrulata, Boswellia carteri, Boswellia carteri var. subintegra, Boswellia carteri var. undulatocrenata, Boswellia undulatocrenata | Burseraceae | |
| Common names English: frankincense, olibanum-tree Spanish: árbol del incienso French: arbre à encens German: Somalischer Weihrauch, Arabischer Weihrauch | ||
| Active constituents: essential oil, resin acid (boswellic acid), mucilage | ||
Boswellia sacra, frankincense
illustration from Koehler's medicinal plants
frankincense, olibanum
