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Family: BURSERACEAE 
 Commiphora capensis
 
  
Author:  Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (year?)
Family:  Burseraceae
Habitat:  Northern Cape, Cape Province, South Arica
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Minimum
Sun:  Maximum
Thickness:  15 centimetres
Height:  80 centimetres
Flower:  Greenish Yellow
Reproduction:  Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names:  Namaqua Corkwood
Synonyms:  Balsamodendrum capense Sond.

   This member of the Burseraceae  family was described by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler. It is found in the northern-western and southern South Africa, growing in cracks of the limestone. The stem can grow to 15 centimetres in diameter, the whole bush can reach 80 centimetres. The flowers are greenish-yellow.

The fruit and the exposed seed.