Tree with incense

The tree with incense ( Boswellia crowned ) is a tree of the family of the Burséracées.

Synonym: Boswellia carteri Birdwood

Description

This species of Boswellia is a small tree with sheets Caduque S a height from 2 to 8 m, which comprise one or more trunks. The bark with paper texture peels easily. The made up and imparipennées sheets (odd number of Leaflet S) are gathered in tufts at the end of the branches. The small flowers of a yellowish white appear in Racème S with the armpit of the sheets. They are made up of five Pétale S, ten cheesecloth S and a chalice with five teeth. The fruit is a capsule from approximately 1 cm length. The young branches are covered with sleeping bag.

The individuals who grow on escarpées slopes develop a bulge in the shape of cushion with the base of the trunk which adheres to the rock and a certain stability ensures them.

Surface of distribution

The tree with incense is found in Somalia, in Ethiopia, with the Yemen and Oman. Certain authors consider that the Somali variety is a species distinct from the name of B. carteri .

Habitat

This tree pushes in the dry areas of the North-East of the Africa and the south of the Arabic Péninsule. It tolerates the very exposed situations and one often finds it on the rock slopes and in the ravines, until an altitude from approximately 1.200 Mr. It prefers the grounds limestones.

Use

The Boswellia crowned is one of the principal species of Boswellia from which one draws the Encens. The resin is collected as a practitioner a not very deep incision in the trunk or the branches of the tree and by withdrawing a narrow band of bark. It runs out of it a milky sap, which coagulates in contact with the air and which one then collects with the hand.

External bonds

GRIN 310550
ITIS 506409
SEPASAL Database

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