| Boswellia papyrifera (Delile) Hochst. |
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| Family : BURSERACEAE |
| Protologue : Flora 26: 81 (1843) |
| Information on the genus : Boswellia |
| Basionym : Amyris papyrifera Delile |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Amyris papyrifera Delile |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Boswellia chariensis Guillaumin (1908) |
| =Boswellia occidentalis Engl. (1911) |
| =Boswellia odorata Hutch. (1910) p.p. (inflorescence) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Tree 4-12 m; bole clear for 2-3 m, 0,5 m Ø at breast height; crown spreading, open; bark smooth, pale, peeling in wide strips |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Stony hillsides, often dominant forming pure stands; sandy valleys; dry, rocky or ± shallow soils; on granite; dry Acacia, Commiphora woodland and wooded grassland; 400-1830 m alt. |
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Also planted; propagation from seeds and cuttings.The chief gum resin producing tree in Ethiopia, where little effort has been done to domesticate it. It seems to be in critical condition. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Fl. Trop. E. Africa Burseraceae: 5 (1991)
- Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 189 (2006).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
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| Record n°7737 |
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