| Author: |
Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler,
1895 | |
Family: |
BURSERACEAE |
| Origin: |
Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,
Tanzania, Zambia |
| Soil: |
Mix - Sandy - Clayish |
| Water: |
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium - Maximum |
| Thickness: |
Centimetres |
| Height: |
5-22 Metres |
| Flower: |
Greenish White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names: |
- |
| Synonyms: |
Commiphora eminii
subsp. trifoliolata, (Engl.) J.B.Gillett ,1991.
Commiphora eminii subsp. zimmermannii, (Engl.) J.B.Gillett, 1991 =
Commiphora zimmermannii, Engl.,1910. |
This member of the
Burseraceae family
was given this name by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in 1895. It is found in
Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia, growing in a well drained soil
from grit over sand to clayish. It take some water and some to lots of sun. The stem can grow to
150 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant from five
to 22 metres in height. The flowers are greenish white.
The genera name from Greek
kommi; 'gum' and Greek -phoros; 'carrying' for the
balsam-like scented resin. The species name in honour of Mehmed Emin
Pasha ,1840–1892 (born Isaak Eduard Schnitzer, baptized Eduard Carl
Oscar Theodor Schnitzer; an Ottoman physician of German Jewish origin,
naturalist, and governor of the Egyptian province of Equatoria on the
upper Nile. |
