Burseraceae
Abyssinian myrrh
Commiphora kua
- Family
- Burseraceae
- Genus
- Commiphora
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- قفل, مر حجازي
- Azerbaijani
- Həbəş kommiforası
- Chinese
- 阿比西尼亚没药, 也门没药, 库阿没药, 库阿没药树, 阿拉伯没药, 阿比西尼亚没药树, 阿比西尼亞沒藥樹
- English
- Abyssinian myrrh
- Polish
- Balsamowiec mirra
Synonyms
- Amyris kafal Forssk.
- Balsamea abyssinica Engl.
- Balsamea habessinica (O.Berg) Engl.
- Balsamodendrum abyssinicum Engl.
- Balsamodendrum africanum var. habessinicum (O.Berg) Oliv.
- Balsamodendrum habessinica O.Berg
- Balsamodendrum habessinicum O.Berg
- Balsamodendrum kafal (Forssk.) Kunth ex DC.
- Balsamodendrum kua R.Br. ex Royle
- Balsamus kafal (Forssk.) Stackh.
- Commiphora abyssinica (Engl.) Engl.
- Commiphora assaortensis Chiov.
- Commiphora atramentaria Chiov.
- Commiphora bruceae Chiov.
- Commiphora candidula Sprague
- Commiphora crenulata (A.Terracc.) Chiov.
- Commiphora dancaliensis Chiov.
- Commiphora ellenbeckii Engl.
- Commiphora flaviflora Engl.
- Commiphora gowlello Sprague
- Commiphora gracilispina J.B.Gillett
- Commiphora habessinica (O.Berg) Engl.
- Commiphora habessinica subsp. tanganyikensis J.B.Gillett
- Commiphora habessinica var. crenulata A.Terracc.
- Commiphora habessinica var. simplicifolia Schweinf.
- Commiphora incisa Chiov.
- Commiphora kua var. gowlello (Sprague) J.B.Gillett
- Commiphora lindensis Engl.
- Commiphora salubris Engl.
- Commiphora subsessilifolia Engl.
Photos
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.