Myrrh
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Additional Comments: Myrrh has been used for centuries as an ingredient in incense, perfumes, and for embalming and fumigations in Ancient Egypt. In folk tradition it was used for muscular pains and in rheumatic plasters.
Scented myrrh at Kew
Pressed and dried specimens of Commiphora guidottii are held in the Herbarium, one of the behind-the-scenes areas of Kew. Details, including images, of some of these can be seen on-line in the Herbarium Catalogue.
Myrrh gum information
Myrrh gum - Commiphora myrrha (in the Burseraceae family)
Part used: Resin.
Myrrh is a common ingredient of toothpowders, and is used with borax in tincture, with other ingredients, as a mouth-wash.
The Compound Tincture, or Horse Tincture, is used in veterinary practice for healing wounds.
Abyssinian Myrrh, Arabian Myrrh, Yemen Myrrh
Description
Genus Commiphora ...
German Myrrhenkerbel myrrh-chervil). Another common motive is Spanish chervil found in many languages of Western Europe, particularly Scandinavia, e.g.
Myrrh
Commiphora myrrha
MEDICINAL: Myrrh is a powerful antiseptic, being a remedy second only to echinacea. It is a strong cleaning and healing agent, soothing the body and speeding the healing process. It is often used with goldenseal.
Myrrh is a large shrub (or small tree) indigenous to Northeast Africa, and collected in Southern Arabia and Iran. The part of this plant used medicinally is the resin. Myrrh is referred to in the Bible.
Sweet Cicely (Myrrhis) - M. odorata is a graceful native plant, with a peculiar but grateful odour and sweet-tasting stems, 2 to 3 feet high, with white flowers in early summer, in compound umbels.
"Would you prefer myrrh-flower or cyclamen?
I have them, I could spread them out again" -H.D
(Hilda Doolittle,
1886-1961) ...
Mirra - Myrrhis odorata
Mirra somalí - Commiphora molmol
Mirtillo - Vaccinium myrtillus
Mirto - Myrtus communis
Mirto bastardo - Myrica gale
Mirto de Brabante - Myrica gale
Mizquicopalli - Prosopis tamarugo
Mocán - Visnea mocanera ...
the Southern African Bupleurum fruticosum and a number of other Southern African taxa (Calviño et al. 2006); Myrrhidendron, from Central America and Colombia, is also woody, but is not related.
The genus Smyrnium was named from the Greek smurna (myrrh), because of the aroma of the seeds. There are 7 or 8 species of Smyrnium, all Eurasian biennials or monocarpic perennials.
Cicely, sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata)
Cilantro, coriander greens, coriander herb (Coriandrum sativum)
Cinnamon, Indonesian (Cinnamomum burmannii, Cassia vera)
Cinnamon, Saigon or Vietnamese (Cinnamomum loureiroi) ...
Myrtle (Tender Perennial) Medicinal. In Greek legends, Myrrha was the favorite of the priestess Venus. Aromatic and can be used as an anticeptic.
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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Profusely borne in clusters throughout the summer, they create a cloud of rich scent that is a blend of myrrh and lemon. Foliage is dark green and semi-glossy. The canes have few thorns.
The plant is a robust grower with a bushy, upright habit.
Shrub roses have a romantic, mistymorning quality often accentuated by an old-fashioned, fruity, spicy or clove-like scent. (The lovely blend of tea, myrrh and fruit fragrances in Tea Clipper, an Austin English shrub rose, is irresistible.) ...
A fine English Rose myrrh fragrance. It flowers freely and continuously on neat, busy growth, and is suitable for the border and for bedding. The name commemorates a long-running British TV serial "The Archers.
Would be stunning lining a long pathway, where flowers with a fine English rose myrrh fragrance could easily be enjoyed.
Growth to around 3 feet by 2 feet or clip to desired size and shape.
Sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata)
Sweet clover (Melilotus species)
Sweet elder, European elder (Sambucus canadensis, Sambucus nigra, Sambucus racemosa)
Sweet flag, sweet-scented rush (Acorus calamus, Acorus americanus) ...
 See also: Medic, May, Green, India, Orange
  
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