Burseraceae
Frankincense
Boswellia sacra
- Family
- Burseraceae
- Genus
- Boswellia
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- شجرة اللبان, بوسويلية مقدسة, كندر, لبان ذكر, لبان مقدس
- arz
- شجرة اللبان
- Bangla
- আরব্য লোবান গাছ
- Catalan
- Olíban
- Chinese
- 阿拉伯乳香树, 阿拉伯乳香樹, 阿拉伯乳香
- Croatian
- Tamjan
- Czech
- Kadidlovník pravý
- English
- Frankincense, Frankincense tree
- French
- Arbre à encens, Arbre a encens
- German
- Weihrauchbaum
- grc
- Λίβανος
- Gujarati
- લોબાન
- Japanese
- ボスウェリア・サクラ, ニュウコウジュ
- Korean
- 유향나무
- Lithuanian
- Smilkalinė bosvelija
- Malayalam
- ബോസ്വെല്ലിയ സാക്ര
- Persian
- بوسولیا ساکرا
- Polish
- Kadzidla Cartera, Kadzidłowiec Cartera
- Russian
- Ладанное дерево
- Tamil
- உயர்ந்த குங்கிலியம்
- Urdu
- لوبان کا درخت
Synonyms
- Boswellia bhaw-dajiana Birdw.
- Boswellia bhaw-dajiana var. serrulata Engl.
- Boswellia carteri Birdw.
- Boswellia carteri var. subintegra Engl.
- Boswellia carteri var. undulatocrenata Engl.
- Boswellia undulato-crenata Engl.
- Boswellia undulato-crenata (Engl.) Engl.
Photos
Photo: Scott Zona from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joey Bom, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Becky from Louissville, KY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joey Bom, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mauro Raffaelli, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: dhfischer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mauro Raffaelli, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mauro Raffaelli, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: dhfischer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mauro Raffaelli, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.