Commiphora cyclophylla
Chiov.
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
What to Eat
Edible parts: ?
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows between 160-1,000 m above sea level.
Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A tree. It grows 7 m tall. The bark is smooth. The leaves have 3 leaflets. They can be hairy. The leaf stalk is 3 cm long. The leaflets are broadly oval to round and 1-3 cm long and wide. The fruit are flattened and narrowly oval. They are 12-14 mm long by 9-11 mm wide.
Names & Synonyms
Habla subka, Quraar, Ura, Ur gir
Commiphora cornii Chiov. ex Guid.Commiphora lughensis Chiov.
References (1)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
