Burseraceae FAMILY

Boswellia dalzielii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Boswellia dalzielii is a tree with slender, ascending branches; it can grow from 4 - 15metres tall with a characteristically pale papery bark, peeling and ragged[ 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. , 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The tree is the source of a fragrant resin which can be used as an incense and has medicinal properties. The tree is also harvested for medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWestern tropical Africa - northern Cote D'Ivoire to northern Nigeria and Cameroon.

HabitatLocally abundant in wooded savannah, sometimes in large more or less pure stands with Anogeissus leiocarpus; also scattered in granitic hills, usually in dry, more or less shallow soils[ 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. , 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ].