Burseraceae
Balsam of Mecca
Commiphora gileadensis
- Family
- Burseraceae
- Genus
- Commiphora
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- بشام, بلسان جلعادي, بلسان عجلوني, أبو شام, ابو شام, بلسان, بلسم مكة
- Azerbaijani
- Balzam kommiforası
- Chinese
- 阿勃參
- Czech
- Myrhovník gileadský
- English
- Balsam of Mecca, Mecca myrrh
- Italian
- Balsamo della Mecca
- Malay
- Pokok Basyam
- Polish
- Balsamowiec właściwy
- Sindhi
- بالسان
- Spanish
- Bálsamo de Judea, Balsamo de Judea, Balsamo de la Meca, Bálsamo de la Meca, Opobalsam
Synonyms
- Amyris gileadensis L.
- Amyris opobalsamum L.
- Balsamea gileadensis (L.) Oken
- Balsamea meccanensis Gled.
- Balsamea opobalsamum (L.) Baill.
- Balsamodendrum ehrenbergianum O.Berg
- Balsamodendrum gileadense (L.) Kunth ex DC.
- Balsamodendrum opobalsamum (L.) Kunth ex DC.
- Balsamus libanotus Stackh.
- Balsamus meccanensis Stackh.
- Balsamus theophrasti Stackh.
- Commiphora albiflora Engl.
- Commiphora ancistrophora Chiov.
- Commiphora anfractuosa Chiov.
- Commiphora cassan Chiov.
- Commiphora coronillifolia Chiov. ex Guid.
- Commiphora coronillifolia Chiov.
- Commiphora gillettii Chiov.
- Commiphora microcarpa Chiov.
- Commiphora opobalsamum (L.) Engl.
- Commiphora opobalsamum var. ehrenbergiana (O.Berg) Engl.
- Commiphora suckertiana Chiov.
- Commiphora velutina Chiov.
Photos
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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). About our plant data.