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Boswellia dalzielii

Boswellia dalzielii
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 2.5

Boswellia dalzielii is a seasonally dry tropical tree of West and Central Africa, native from West Africa to southern Chad, valued in traditional medicine for its stem bark. It is grown mainly in its native dry woodland and savanna zones rather than as a garden plant.

Family
Burseraceae (Burser family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly when young and let established trees rely on seasonal rain.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or lateritic soils.
Temperature
Warm tropical to subtropical conditions; frost-sensitive.
How easy
Hard
Native range
W. Trop. Africa to S. Chad
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Boswellia dalzielii is a tree species in the family Burseraceae found in Africa. The bark of this plant is used in traditional medicines.

Gallic and protocatechuic acids were isolated as the main antibacterial and antioxidant principles of the stem bark of B. dalzielii. 4'-Methoxy-(E)-resveratrol 3-O-rutinoside, incensole and b-sitosterol were also isolated.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Boswellia dalzielii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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