Myrrh (African)
Commiphora africana
About Myrrh (African)
Myrrh (African) (Commiphora africana) is a herb used in the African Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Wound Healing, Oral Health, Inflammation, and Fever. The resin is the part traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Commiphora africana, commonly called African myrrh, is a small deciduous tree belonging to the Burseraceae, a family akin to the Anacardiaceae, occurring widely over sub-Saharan Africa in Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. On sandy soils this species sometimes forms pure stands, deserving consideration as a plant community or association.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist