Burseraceae FAMILY

Commiphora glandulosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Commiphora glandulosa is a shrub or small tree with a small, dense crown; it can grow 2 - 10 metres tall. The bole is usually markedly thick and often fairly straight[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 775 Title Gemsbok Bean and Kalahari Truffle Publication Author Leffers A. Publisher Gamsberg MacMillan; Namibia. Year 2003 ISBN 99916-0-491-X Description Details of the traditional uses of over 200 species of plants in northeastern Namibia. Written for the non-expert, there is usually at least one photograph with each plant entry. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its gum and wood. It is also grow as a hedge in order to provide barriers.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - southern Angola, Zambia, DR Congo and Tanzania, south to S. Africa.

HabitatFound in sandy, well-drained soils in savannah-woodland or in broken mopaniveld[ 663 Title Flora of Southern Africa Publication Author Roux J.P. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=662545 Publisher Year 2003 ISBN Description An excellent on-line resource. ]. Dry deciduous woodland, occasionally on termite mounds in Brachystegia woodland[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].