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Glossy Leaved Corkwood

Commiphora schimperi

Also called Glossy Corkwood, Glossy Leaved Commiphora, Glossyleaf Corkwood

Glossy Leaved Corkwood
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Burseraceae (Burser family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Eritrea to S. Africa, Arabian Pen.
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Commiphora schimperi, also known as glossy-leaved corkwood, is a tree species in the genus Commiphora. It is native eastern and southern Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula, from Sudan and Yemen in the north to Botswana and northern South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Provinces) in the south.

Other Commiphora plants

Hairy Corkwood · Poison Grub · Commiphora aprevalii · Hill Mango · Balsam of Mecca · Commiphora guidottii · Bisabol Myrrh · Abyssinian Myrrh · Myrrh · African Myrrh · Rock Commiphora · Commiphora socotrana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Commiphora schimperi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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