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Useful Tropical Plants

Commiphora glaucescens

Engl.

Burseraceae

+ Synonyms

Commiphora hereroensis Schinz

Commiphora pruinosa Engl.

Common Name:

Commiphora glaucescens

General Information

Commiphora glaucescens can be a shrub producing several stems and growing 1 - 2 metres tall, or a small tree growing up to 8 metres tall with a bole branching from low down[
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Title
Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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Description
An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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663
Title
Flora of Southern Africa
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Author
Roux J.P.
Website
http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=662545
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Year
2003
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Description
An excellent on-line resource.
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The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

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.

Range

West Africa - southern Angola, Namibia.

Habitat

Not known

Properties

Other Uses Rating *  *
HabitTree
Height6.00 m
Self-fertileNo
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details



A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[
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.
].

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

The wood is made into household utensils[
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.
].

Propagation

Seed -
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