| Commiphora kua |
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| Peeling bark on the Commiphora habessinica |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Rosids |
| Order: |
Sapindales |
| Family: |
Burseraceae |
| Genus: |
Commiphora |
| Species: |
C. kua |
| Binomial name |
Commiphora kua
( R.Br. ex Royle) Vollesen (1984) |
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| Synonyms |
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- Amyris kafal Forssk. (1775)
- Balsamea abyssinica Engl. (1880)
- Balsamea habessinica (O.Berg) Engl. (1880)
- Balsamodendrum abyssinicum Engl. (1880)
- Balsamodendrum africanum var. habessinicum (O.Berg) Oliv. (1868)
- Balsamodendrum habessinicum O.Berg (1862)
- Balsamodendrum kafal (Forssk.) Kunth ex DC. (1825)
- Balsamodendrum kua R.Br. ex Royle (1847)
- Balsamus kafal (Forssk.) Stackh. (1815)
- Commiphora abyssinica (Engl.) Engl. (1883)
- Commiphora assaortensis Chiov. (1932)
- Commiphora atramentaria Chiov. (1932)
- Commiphora bruceae Chiov. (1941)
- Commiphora candidula Sprague (1927)
- Commiphora crenulata (A.Terracc.) Chiov. (1915)
- Commiphora dancaliensis Chiov.
- Commiphora ellenbeckii Engl. (1904)
- Commiphora flaviflora Engl. (1904)
- Commiphora gowlello Sprague (1927)
- Commiphora gracilispina J.B.Gillett (1991)
- Commiphora habessinica (O.Berg) Engl. (1883)
- Commiphora habessinica var. crenulata A.Terracc. (1894)
- Commiphora habessinica var. simplicifolia Schweinf. (1899)
- Commiphora habessinica subsp. tanganyikensis J.B.Gillett (1991)
- Commiphora incisa Chiov. (1916)
- Commiphora kua var. gowlello (Sprague) J.B.Gillett (1991)
- Commiphora lindensis Engl. (1904)
- Commiphora salubris Engl. (1917)
- Commiphora subsessilifolia Engl. (1904)
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Commiphora kua, sometimes known as Abyssinian myrrh or the Yemen myrrh, is a plant native to northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, including Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Zambia, Malawi, Oman and Yemen. It was first described as Balsamodendrum kua in 1847, and has many botanical synonyms. It can be recognised by its simple, serrate leaves and by the pseudo aril, covering the seed, which has four almost linear arm-like lobes.