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Boswellia ogadensis is a shrub or small tree of the frankincense family, native to the dry Ogaden region of eastern Ethiopia. It is a desert-adapted species that needs full sun and very well-drained soil; it is rarely grown outside its native range.
Boswellia ogadensis is a species of flowering plant in the Burseraceae family. It is a shrub or tree endemic to the Ogaden region of Ethiopia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Boswellia ogadensis 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.
