Frankincense
From LoveToKnow 1911
FRANKINCENSE,' or Olibanum 2 (Gr. Xc i 3avwr6s, later Obos; Lat., tus or thus; Heb., lebonah; 3 Ar., luban; 4 Turk., ghyunluk; Hind., ganda-birosa 5), ...
Frankincense
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Frankincense at Kew
Branch of Boswellia sacra showing leaves clustered at the ends (Image: Helen Pickering)
Boswellia sacra can be seen growing in the seasonally dry zone of the Princess of Wales Conservatory.
Coptic Frankincense, African Elemi, Elemi Frankincense, Maydi, Yigaar Tree, Yigaartree
Common Names in French:
Arbre à Encens D´afrique ...
Frankincense
Boswellia carterii
MEDICINAL: Frankincense relieves menstrual pains, and treats rheumatic aches and pains. Externally it is used for liniments and for its antiseptic properties.
Frankincense Juniper
Frankincense Juniper (Juniperus Thurifera) - A small distinct tree, in its native country attaining a height of 40 feet.
Boswellia sacra (Frankincense Tree)
Bursera copallifera
Bursera fagaroides (Elephant Tree, Fragrant Bursera)
Bursera hindsiana (Torote Prieto, Copal)
Bursera microphylla (Elephant Tree, Torote Colorado, Copal) ...
Standard Dwarf
'Baby Blessed', 'Blueberry Tart', 'Forever Blue', 'Frankincense', 'Hot', 'Little Showoff', 'What Again'
Intermediate
'Blessed Again', 'Lo Ho Silver', 'Precious Little Pink' ...
A plaster made of the roots with parched barley meal dissolves hard swellings and imposthumes, being applied thereto; the juice mingled with honey, frankincense wine, and myrrh, ...
The torchwood family, with some 600 species in 15 genera, includes the Old World trees that yield the important incenses, myrrh and frankincense (Commiphora erythraea and Boswellia carterii, respectively).
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Leaves have distinct citrus odor when crushed. Great ready bonsai! The fruit is brown maturing in late fall. The seeds are red, and germinate quite easily. The dried sap of some of the species sold as frankincense.
The calyx is often connate and 3- or 4-lobed, and the angled drupes have a wrinkled surface when dry. The resinous exudate often smells of almonds (myrrh, frankincense), and in some genera the leaflets are strikingly symmetrical.
 See also: Medic, Elephant, Green, May, Aster
  
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