Author: | Heinrich
Gustav Adolf Engler, 1883 |
Family: |
BURSERACEAE |
Origin: |
Egypt,
Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Somalia,
Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Thickness: |
25
Centimetres |
Height: |
1,5 Meter |
Flower:
|
Greenish
Yellow |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
Kanniedood |
Synonyms: |
Amyris
kataf, Forssk.1775.
Commiphora gallaensis,
Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler, 1912.
Commiphora erythraea,
Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler.
Hemprichia inermis, G.
Ehrenberg.
Hemprichia erythraea, G. Ehrenberg.
Heudelotia africana, Guill. Perr.
Balsamodendrum
kataf , Kunth.
Commiphora schimperi, Heinrich
Gustav Adolf Engler
Balsamodendrum africanum, Arn.
Commiphora holtziana, Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler,
1904.
Commiphora pseudopaolii, Jan Bevington Gillett,
1991. |
This member of the
Burseraceae family was given this name by Heinrich
Gustav Adolf Engler in 1883. It if found in Egypt,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Yemen,
growing in grit or other well drained soil with some water and lots
of sun. The stem can grow up to 25 centimetres in diameter and one
and a half meter high.
The genera name from Greek kommi; 'gum' and Greek -phoros;
'carrying' for the balsam-like scented resin. The species name after
the town of Kataf. |