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Botanical Classifications
Burseraceae Kunth
Burseraceae is a family of 17-18 genera and about 540 species of flowering plants, also known as the Torchwood family or incense tree family. The family includes both trees and shrubs, and is native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia and the Americas. Some members of the family produce fragrant resins used as incense or perfume, most notably frankincense and myrrh.
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Major essential oil producing plants in the Burseraceae family. |
| Boswellia carterii. |
Frankincense, Olibanum, gum thus. |
| Bursera glabrifolia. |
Linaloe, Bursera delpechiana, Mexican linaloe, copal limon. |
| Canarium luzonicum. |
Elemi, Elemi, Canarium commune, Pili, manilla elemi, elemi gum, lemi resin. |
| Commiphora erythraea. |
Opopanax, Commiphora erythraea var. glabrascens, bisabol myrrh, sweet myrrh |
| Commiphora myrrha. |
Myrrh, Common myrrh, balsamodendrom myrrha, gum myrrh, hirabol, myrrha. |
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