Burseraceae FAMILY
Commiphora serrata
Commiphora serrata
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Commiphora serrata is a spiny tree growing from 5 - 20 metres tall. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its resin. It is sometimes also grown as a living fence to serve as a boundary marker.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Tanzania, Mozambique.
HabitatDry lowland forest, woodland and thickets[ 364 Title Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania. Publication Author Lovett J.C.; Ruffo C.K.; Gereau R.E.; Taplin J.R.D Website http://www.york.ac.uk/res/celp/webpages/projects/ecology/tree%20guide/introduction.htm Publisher Frontier Year 0 ISBN 1-873070-33-0 Description A lovely little book giving a basic identification guide to more than 650 species of trees growing in Tanzania. It is also available to view on the internet. ]. Thickets, also coastal; scrub; dry forest; especially among rocks; coastal woodland at elevations up to 700 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].