Burseraceae

189 species

Tropical tree family producing frankincense, myrrh, and aromatic resins.

Boswellia dalzielii

Frankincense tree

Edible: Leaves - flavouring

Boswellia frereana

Coptic frankincense, African elemi

Edible: Sap, Gum

Boswellia microphylla

Boswellia neglecta

Edible: Gum, Bark - tea, Fruit

Boswellia ogadensis

Boswellia papyrifera

Ethan, Sudanese frakincense

Edible: Gum, Spice

Boswellia rivae

Ethiopian Frankincense

Boswellia sacra

Edible: Resin, Oil, Roots

Boswellia serrata

Indian frankincense, Indian olibanum-tree

Edible: Flowers, Seeds, Fruit, Sap, Nuts, Gum

Bursera fagaroides

Linaloe, Mexican frankincense

Edible: Wood - oil

Bursera glabrifolia

Linaloe, Mexican linaloe

Edible: Wood - oil, Fruit - oil

Bursera grandifolia

Edible: Bark - tea

Bursera hindsiana

Edible: Seeds, Caution

Bursera icicariba

Bursera linanoe

Edible: Wood - oil

Bursera penicillata

Elemi-gum, Indian lavender, Linaloe-tree

Edible: Caution, Flavouring

Bursera serrata

Bursera simaruba

Edible: Leaves - tea

Bursera sp. indet.

Burseracea sp. indet.

Chinese white olive

Edible: Fruit, Seeds - oil, Seeds, Nuts

Canarium apertum

Canarium asperum

Canarium keddongdong tree

Edible: Fruit, Seeds - coffee

Canarium australasicum

Mango barked Carrot wood

Canarium australianum

Island white beech

Edible: Nuts, Seeds

Canarium australianum var. glabrum

Melville Island White Beech

Edible: Seeds kernel, Nuts

Canarium australianum var. velutinum

Edible: Seeds, Nuts

Canarium balsamiferum

Canarium bengalense

Bengal canarium, Square canarium

Edible: Fruit, Seeds - oil

Canarium decumanum

Java almond tree

Edible: Seeds kernel, Nuts

Canarium denticulatum

Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Nuts

Canarium dichotomum

Canarium harveyi

Canarium harveyi var. sapidum

Edible: Kernel, Nuts

Canarium hirsutum

Kim, White dhup

Edible: Seeds, Nuts

Canarium hirsutum fo. multipinatum

Edible: Seeds, Nuts

Canarium indicum

Galip nut, Java almond

Edible: Nuts, Seeds - oil

Canarium kaniense

Edible: Seeds, Nuts

Canarium kipella

Kipella Canarium tree

Canarium littorale

Shore Kedongdong

Edible: Seeds, Nuts

Canarium luzonicum

Java almond, Pili nut, Manila elemi

Edible: Seeds kernel, Nuts, Fruit, Leaves

Canarium macadamii

Canarium maluense

Canarium megalanthum

Kedondong keruing

Edible: Seeds, Kernel, Nuts

Canarium muelleri

Queensland Elemi tree

Edible: Seeds kernel, Nuts

Canarium odontophyllum

Borneo olive, Sibu olive

Edible: Fruit, Kernel, Nuts, Seed

Canarium oleosum

Canarium ovatum

Pili nut, Philippine nut

Edible: Seeds kernel, Nuts, Shoots

Canarium parvum

Edible: Seeds, Nuts

Canarium patentinervium

Woodland kedongdong

Edible: Seeds, Nuts, Fruit

Canarium pilosum

Kedondong kerut

Edible: Seeds, Nuts, Fruit

Canarium pimela

Chinese black olive

Edible: Fruit, Seeds - oil

Canarium polyphyllum

Edible: Seeds, Nuts

Canarium pseudodecumanum

Edible: Seeds kernel, Nuts, Fruit, Seeds - oil

Canarium resiniferum

Canarium schweinfurthii

Incense tree, African elemi, African canarium

Edible: Nuts, Seed, Fruit pulp

Canarium schweinfurtii

Edible: Fruit, Oil, Seed

Canarium solomonense

Edible: Nuts, Seeds

Canarium strictum

Edible: Fruit, Kernel, Nut

Canarium subulatum

Edible: Nuts, Fruit

Canarium sylvestre

Edible: Seeds, Nuts

Canarium tonkinense

Canarium vitiense

Edible: Seeds, Nuts

Canarium vrieseanum

Edible: Seeds kernel, Nuts

Canarium vulgare

Pili nut, Java-almond

Edible: Nuts, Seeds

Canarium zeylanicum

Edible: Seeds, Nuts, Oil

Commiphora africana

Edible: Fruit, Roots, Leaves, Bark, Gum, Seeds

Commiphora ancistrophora

Edible: Fruit, Seeds

Commiphora angolensis

Sand commiphora, Sand corkwood

Edible: Root, Tuber

Commiphora baluensis

Edible: Fruit, Bark - tea

Commiphora bruceae

Commiphora caerulea

Blue-bark commiphora

Commiphora campestris

Commiphora capensis

Commiphora caudata

Hill mango, Green commiphora

Commiphora caudata var. pubescens

Commiphora confusa

Kenya frankincense

Commiphora crenatoserrata

Damara corkwood

Commiphora cyclophylla

Commiphora edulis

Rough-leaved corkwood

Edible: Fruit, Roots - drink, Seed - aril

Commiphora edulis subsp. boiviniana

Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Shoots

Commiphora foliacea

Edible: Bark - chewed, Fruit

Commiphora giessii

Brown-stemmed corkwood

Commiphora gileadensis

Balm of gilead, Balsam tree

Edible: Resin - flavouring

Commiphora glandulosa

Glandular corkwood, Tall firethorn corkwood

Edible: Gum, Roots - drink

Commiphora glaucescens

Sea-green commiphora, Blue-leaved corkwood

Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Roots

Commiphora gracilifrondosa

Commiphora guidottii

Sweet myrrh, Scented myrrh

Commiphora habessinica

Abyssinian myrrh

Edible: Fruit, Sap, Root, Stem, Flavouring

Commiphora harveyi

Copper-stem corkwood

Edible: Stems, Pith

Commiphora hodai

Habak-hidd, Hodai

Commiphora kataf

Edible: Leaves, Fruit

Edible: Medicine, Caution, Stems, Roots - moisture

Commiphora madagascariensis

Edible: Gum, Resin

Commiphora marlothii

Paper-bark tree, Paperbark corkwood

Edible: Fruit, Root

Commiphora mollis

Velvet commiphora, Velvet corkwood

Edible: Fruit, Roots - drink, Shoots, Gum

Commiphora mossambicensis

Pepper-leaf corkwood

Commiphora mukul

Guggul, Oleogum resin

Edible: Gum - flavouring

Commiphora multijuga

Purple-stem corkwood

Edible: Stems - drink

Commiphora myrrha

Edible: Gum - flavouring, Caution

Commiphora neglecta

Sweet-root commiphora

Edible: Roots, Leaves

Commiphora pedunculata

Commiphora pyracanthoides

Common corkwood, Firethorn corkwood

Edible: Tuber, Root, Gum

Commiphora rostrata

Edible: Leaves, Bark - tea, Stems - tea, Vegetable

Commiphora samharensis

Edible: Bark - tea, Leaves

Commiphora schimperi

Glossy-leaved corkwood

Edible: Gum, Resin, Roots, Bark - tea, Shoots

Commiphora sulcata

Commiphora tenuipetiolata

Satin-bark corkwood

Commiphora terebinthina

Commiphora viminea

Zebra-barked commiphora

Commiphora virgata

Slender corkwood

Commiphora wightii - (Arn.) Bhandari.

Guggul, Indian bdellium-tree

Edible: Inner bark

Commiphora wildii

Oak-leaved corkwood

Edible: Stems - drink, Fruit

Commiphora woodii

Edible: Fruit, Stem

Commiphora zanzibarica

Zanzibar commiphora, Pendulous-fruited commiphora

Crepidospermum goudotianum

Edible: Fruit aril

Crepidospermum prancei

Prance crepidospermum

Edible: Fruit aril, Seeds

Dacryodes belemensis

Ibapichuna, Trinidad dacryodes

Dacryodes buettneri

Dacryodes camerunensis

Dacryodes costata

Edible: Fruit ?

Dacryodes ebatom

Edible: Fruit ?

Dacryodes edulis

Bush butter tree, African-pear

Edible: Seeds, Fruit

Dacryodes excelsa

Edible: Fruit ?

Dacryodes expansa

Dacryodes heterotricha

Dacryodes klaineana

Dacryodes kukachkana

Dacryodes ledermannii

Dacryodes letestui

Dacryodes macrocarpa

Dacryodes nitens

Dacryodes normandii

Dacryodes olivifera

Olive-bearing dacryodes

Dacryodes osika

Dacryodes peruviana

Kumchai, Peru dacryodes

Edible: Fruit, Seeds

Dacryodes pubescens

Dacryodes roraimensis

Dacryodes rostrata

Asem begomdang, Kedondong kerut

Dacryodes rugosa

Dacryodes sclerophylla

Sclerophyllous dacryodes

Dacryodes trapnellii

Dacryodes uruts-kunchae

Garuga floribunda

Edible: Fruit, Leaves

Garuga floribunda var. gamblei

Edible: Fruit, Leaves

Haplolobus acuminatus

Haplolobus floribundus

Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Nuts

Haplolobus pubescens

Haplolobus robustus

Pachylobus buettneri

Protium amazonicum

Amazon resintree

Protium bahianum

Protium brasiliense

Edible: Seeds - oil

Protium calendulinum

Orangey resin tree

Protium giganteum

Protium grandifolium

Brea resin tree

Edible: Fruit - aril

Protium icicariba

Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Seeds - oil

Protium javanicum

Trenggulun tree, Tengulun tree

Edible: Leaves, Fruit

Protium kleinii

Klein resin tree

Protium macgregorii

Protium nodulosum

Noduled resin tree

Edible: Fruit - aril

Protium pallidum

Protium panamense

Protium pittieri

Protium polybotryum

Protium rhynchophyllum

Beaked leaf resin tree

Protium sagotianum

Haiwa, Sagot resin tree

Protium schlechteri

Protium serratum

Indian red Pear

Protium spruceanum

Spruce resin tree

Protium subserratum

Edible: Fruit - aril

Protium tenuifolium

Slenderleaf resintree

Protium tenuifolium subsp. sessiliflorum

Protium trifoliolatum

Threeleaf resintree

Protium unifoliolatum

Oneleaf resintree

Edible: Fruit - aril

Protium warmingianum

Santiria grandiflora

Santiria laevigata

Kedongdong kerut

Santiria oblongifolia

Santiria rubiginosa

Rusty-leafed santiria

Santiria tomentosa

Kerantai, Kerantai merah, Kerati

Edible: Fruit, Seeds - oil

Santiria trimera

Edible: Seeds, Fruit

Scutinanthe brevisepala

Edible: Fruit ?

Scutinanthe brunnea

Tetragastris altissima

Bread and cheese

Edible: Fruit, Aril

Tetragastris panamensis

Panama tetragastris

Edible: Fruit, Aril