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  2. Myrrh - Wikipedia

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    When a wound on a tree penetrates through the bark and into the sapwood, the tree secretes a resin. Myrrh gum, like frankincense, is such a resin. Myrrh is harvested by repeatedly wounding the trees to bleed the gum, which is waxy and coagulates quickly. After the harvest, the gum becomes hard and glossy. The gum is yellowish and may be either ...

  3. Commiphora myrrha - Wikipedia

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    The leaves of Commiphora myrrha are a greyish-green colour with a papery texture. [5] The plant's leaves may come in an oblong or oval shape and are between 6-44mm long, and 3-20mm wide. [5] [7] Each leaf alternates and consists of three leaflets in a pinnately compound arrangement. [5]

  4. Smyrnium olusatrum - Wikipedia

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    The generic name Smyrnium is derived from the Greek word for myrrh and the epithet olusatrum was the Roman name of a plant, from the Latin, olus = herb, and ater = black. The English name, alexanders, is a corruption of the Latin (olus ater ⇒ alisander) and does not have anything to do with Alexander the Great (nor does it warrant the use of ...

  5. Commiphora - Wikipedia

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    Commiphora is the most species-rich genus of flowering plants in the frankincense and myrrh family, Burseraceae.The genus contains approximately 190 species of shrubs and trees, which are distributed throughout the (sub-) tropical regions of Africa, the western Indian Ocean islands, the Arabian Peninsula, India, and South America.

  6. Cicely - Wikipedia

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    Myrrhis odorata is a tall herbaceous perennial plant growing to 2 metres (6 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) tall and 1 m (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) wide. [7] The leaves are fernlike, 2–4-pinnate, finely divided, feathery, up to 50 centimetres (20 in) long, with whitish patches near the rachis. The plant is softly hairy and smells strongly of aniseed when crushed.

  7. Commiphora africana - Wikipedia

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    Herdsmen of the northern Sahel follow the rainfall patterns and the C. africana trees as they come into leaf, continually finding new areas for their animals to browse. This species is the preferred food plant of the beetle Diamphidia, the larva of which is used as a potent arrow poison. C. africana is particularly suitable as a live fence.

  8. Commiphora wightii - Wikipedia

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    Commiphora wightii, with common names Indian bdellium-tree, [3] gugal, [4] guggal, guggul, [3] gugul, [3] or mukul myrrh tree, is a flowering plant in the family Burseraceae, which produces a fragrant resin called gugal, guggul or gugul, that is used in incense and vedic medicine (or ayurveda). The species is native to western India, from where ...

  9. Commiphora kua - Wikipedia

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    Commiphora kua is a widespread species and it varies greatly in appearance between drier areas and those most affected by the monsoon.The plant varies dramatically from low, spiny shrubs with small leaves in the drier areas to medium size, unarmed trees with a distinct trunk and large leaves in areas affected by the monsoon.